Thing is, a lot of protein sources are loaded with artery blocking stuff. It is improbable that high-protein dieters are living on tofu and beans.
When I was on Atkins, I was eating primarily chicken or turkey (about 10 meals a week), then about equal amounts of fish and beef or lean pork (about 2 meals each a week). The #1 fat in my diet was olive oil.
Mark
The evidence is mounting that the copious amounts of fiber that we eat may be the cause of the arteries ever being able to catch and hold or tear the artery lining so the fats in the blood stream can accumulate.
I recently started a high/er protein non-meat diet. Need to lose a good 30 pounds. I have started to lose weight. Already don't eat junk (hydrogenated oil, chips, pre-prepared foods, etc). My main vice (?) is tea with milk and sugar. Trying to cut back/eliminate that as well.
I feel better with more protein and definitely less hungry. I eat cheese, tahini, some peanut butter (not much, it's horrible stuff), only whole grains like rye crackers and some whole wheat bread, a small amt of rice, a variety of beans. Nuts a few times a week. And of course vegetables, raw and cooked. Eating more protein definitely takes a lot of hunger away.