Low carb or low fat for getting your abs to pop out?

[NTT91]

Whats better for getting your abs to show? low carb or low fat. I would think low carb?

[PumpinPaddy]

Eh, how about cardio and good overall diet

[johnissocoolio]

low carb

[NTT91]

Eh, how about cardio and good overall diet

well thats a given but most people drop either carbs or fat...

[TeenGettingBig]

keto

[samatash]

Just drop overall calories, no need to drop carbs or fats (and of course not protein).

[Mourning Tide]

whatever you want and will work best for you.

although in many studies low-carb diet loses more fat.
And I am a big fan of low fat .
(could call me vetaran keto-er , <20g carbs day 5 days week)

e.g. check out this extensive study:
results:
" A greater proportion of the low-carbohydrate diet group than the low-fat diet group completed the study (76% vs. 57%; P = 0.02). At 24 weeks, weight loss was greater in the low-carbohydrate diet group than in the low-fat diet group (mean change, –12.9% vs. –6.7%; P < 0.001). Patients in both groups lost substantially more fat mass (change, –9.4 kg with the low-carbohydrate diet vs. –4.8 kg with the low-fat diet) than fat-free mass (change, –3.3 kg vs. –2.4 kg, respectively). Compared with recipients of the low-fat diet, recipients of the low-carbohydrate diet had greater decreases in serum triglyceride levels (change, –0.84 mmol/L vs. –0.31 mmol/L [–74.2 mg/dL vs. –27.9 mg/dL]; P = 0.004) and greater increases in high-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels (0.14 mmol/L vs. –0.04 mmol/L [5.5 mg/dL vs. –1.6 mg/dL]; P < 0.001). Changes in low-density lipoprotein cholesterol level did not differ statistically (0.04 mmol/L [1.6 mg/dL] with the low-carbohydrate diet and –0.19 mmol/L [–7.4 mg/dL] with the low-fat diet; P = 0.2). Minor adverse effects were more frequent in the low-carbohydrate diet group."

http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/140/10/769