hi!

with Jenny's permission I am piping in, lol

Rustpot, here are some responses to your statements/questions.

the main differences between the plan(s) you are on and the fat flush is that the fat flush is not a ketogenic diet and that the fat flush targets nearly all hormones at once, not just insulin. in addition, the fat flush plan recognizes the importance of healthy digestive system, including liver for the maximum fat loss and addresses that as well.

there is no 40:30:30 ratio to pursue on this diet, although Gittleman mentions once in her book that by the end of the day the breakdown of the macronutrients will be approximately that. since this plan allows unlimited veggies, it is easy to have way fewer than 40% from carbs, or sometimes higher, if you have vegetable juices instead of vegetable salads, soups, and stews. Barry Sears originated the 40:30:30 movement, or so it seems. his reasoning was that we evolved in africa, eating mostly lean game for meat and whatever for carbs, but not grains. so this gives about 40:30:30. then he reasons that the major spurt in human evolution happened when the wild game became scarce due to the growth and migration of human population and humans turned to fish and algae as a food source as well. this brought with it a steady supply of omega-3's and human development sped up, especially brain evolution.

the terms fat flush and cleanse are pretty accurate, if you spend a week on that diet, you'll know why, lol. the "fat' in our bodies, Gittleman points out, is not only white fat, but 'false fat' as well. false fat is waterlogging, old crap in our intestines, and some other sources of excess of weight that we need not have. her diet 'melts' white fat because of the food choices and the way of eating, and gets rid of the 'false fat' because of it being lowsalt diet with gut cleansing and lymphatic system shaking measures recommended as well.

waterfast is not the most effective detox diet, in fact, but it was 40-50years ago. there are much more effective plans as far as I know from reading and from experience (I had lived through two 20 and 30 day waterfasts and several other detox plans. water fast is the weakest of all, although the easiest in terms of implementation, especially if you do not mind having enemas or god forbid colonics twice per day).

Wa'il, in terms of metabolism, 'fast' doesn't always mean 'better' in terms of bodyfat loss. people with naturally slow metabolism lose bodyfat as fast as people with fast metabolism, if they are on a proper for them diet. the only goal any fat-burning diet has to achieve is to direct the body to spending its fat reserves. this can be done by low cal, by moderate cal, or by high cal, there are many strategies, as you know. on fat flush specifically there is no rebound from low calories, since veritably low calories (below 1200) are recommended only for the first 2 weeks, after that higher glycemic foods are 'allowed' which most of the dieters grab as soon as they can, so the body never gets the chance to get into starvation mode fully. once people realize that they lose slower on higher glycemic foods, they go back to 'induction' choices of carbs, and lose faster again. this cycle tends to repeat itself, and the horrible damage to metabolism is never taking place.

Mila