Each woman ate the same foods, regardless of her diet. What differentiated the two diet groups were the allowed portions. For instance, the high-carbohydrate group was instructed to eat eight servings of starchy foods per day, which leptitox included loaves of bread, cereals, rice, and potatoes. "The high-protein group also ate bread and other starchy foods, just half as much," Layman says. Similarly, while the high-protein group was instructed to eat nine ..