Effective Ways To Lose Weight Without A Kalori Deficit

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JAKARTA - Having an ideal body is a dream of many people. To get it, many have used various diet methods, even extreme ones and calorie deficits.

However, to lose weight to ideal actually doesn't need a calorie deficit diet. A study in the European Journal of Nutrition shows that reducing carbohydrate intake just a few times a week can help lose weight effectively.

Quoted from Verywell Health, Saturday, May 17, 2025, the study involved 12 participants aged 20 to 65 who were obese. The participants went on three diets in one day, namely a standard diet, a low-carb diet, and a low-carb diet and low-calories.

Through two carbohydrate diets, participants' bodies use fat as energy and triglyceride levels decrease. These findings show that one does not need to reduce calories to get these benefits.

This means that periodic carbohydrate cuts as a way of fasting metabolic can be more sustainable and provide more benefits for those who want to lose weight, said one study author and professor of nutrition, Adam Collins, PhD.

The body will usually break carbohydrates into glucose for energy. When carbohydrates are consumed excessively, some of the excesses will be stored as fat.

However, if the body does not consume enough carbohydrates, the stored fat will be used as energy. This can increase weight loss or better control of blood sugar levels, and insulin.

However, this low-carb diet to lose weight must still be balanced with high-fat consumption. This is done so that the total calories remain equivalent.

Therefore, you may burn more fat you eat than fat in your body. Nonetheless, we show a comparable increase in fat cleaning and burning through carbohydrate restrictions," Collins concluded.