Carb Back Loading Vs. Eat Stop Eat Carb Back Loading CBL was invented by a former physicist, now nutritionist, called John Kiefer He was a respected physicist who later on became a nutritionist, and he actually researched human metabolism for 20 years before writing Carb Back Loading. In a nutshell the Carb Back Loading process goes like this - you will preferably not eat anything for breakfast, and prior your workout (you have to workout for CBL to work) you wont consume any carbohydrates. So you are on those strict low carb type meals the whole time until you have worked out after the workout however, you will consume a whopping lot of carbohydrates, which according to Kiefer will only help your muscles at this point, instead of converting in to body fat. On the days when you are not working out, you'll eat a very strict low carbohydrate diet. Hence the name Carb Back Loading - only using carbohydrates for a fuel to build muscle. My own Experiement The Whole Idea of CBL sounded pretty funny when I heard it for the first time, but as a man who is very interested in testosterone production and anabolism, I had to give it a try. The results we're amazing as in a matter of weeks I started to see myself losing heaps of body fat, and building new muscle at the same time (I lift weights 4 times a week). However my weight was the same. So Carb Back Loading seems to work by building muscle, and burning fat simultaneously. Which is well... What else would you want from a diet? The actual process of doing Carb Back Loading is actually something that I really loved, as it's in no shape a diet that focuses on starving yourself to burn fat, it actually is constructed in a way that it "feeds" your body to burn fat. Who is it for? So this diet really sounds funny, bit if you're a bodybuilder or hardcore gym rat, and look to get really anabolic with a high testosterone diet that will burn fat and build muscle simultaneously. Then Carb Back Loading by John Kiefer is your choice.
Eat Stop Eat Brad Pilon, is the inventor of Eat Stop Eat, that has now gotten the meaning of "ultimate guide to Intermittent Fasting" which it is. Brad was working in the core of the biggest supplement industries of the world, but got sick of the bullshit that was going on. So he left from his high paying job, to get a Honours degree in nutrition. After all the experience inside those big corporations, Brad had the insider knowledge of the stuff that was just hype - like the "eat six small meals a day" thing which later on proved to be just a marketing trick to sell more supplements. So with this information Brad wrote an e-book called Eat Stop Eat which in my own opinion is just pure gold.
The basic Idea The idea behind Eat Stop Eat is to incorporate 24 hour long fast in to your normal diet, which are proven by dozens of studies to have a host of positive effects on the body. The biggest benefits in my opinion comes from the growth hormone, as it's now been studied that a full 24 hours without any calories, will lead to a 2000% increase in the amount of circulating Human Growth Hormone.
Other benefits include - rapid fat burn, and the easiness of building muscle, even without eating all the time, as you wont go low calorie, you'll only fast, but right after it you will feast.
My Own Experiement When I tested Eat Stop Eat out I was still in the army, and as far as I can say, there's nothing that works better in the military lifestyle than fasting, as I had much more time to sleep and recharge myself, instead of marching to the cafeteria 6 times a day. The results after a full month of ESE were significant, I had lost a huge amount of body fat, I was actually at the lowest point I have ever been during the trial, and I also didn't lose any noticeable amounts of muscle, so for a built physique to add ESE it will make your body look just amazing. The results in gym didn't change at all, actually those improved, even when I trained at a fasting state. One more amazing benefit was the fact that I really felt like I was in control of my diet, I had no cravings, no hunger, anything like that. I basically ate when I wanted to, not when I had to. That's something that everyone should aim for in their diet. Who Is It For Eat Stop Eat is for people who want to really lose the fat, I can’t figure out anything else that would burn of body fat faster than ESE + exercise. So if you're not a bodybuilder, and looking to lose a lot of fat along with great health benefits Eat Stop Eat is then just made for you.