It's not a reality TV show, but it could be one. Researchers at the Center for Weight and Eating Disorders at the University of Pennsylvania put one group of obese dieters on a low-fat diet, taking no more than 30 percent of their calories from fat. They put another group of obese dieters on an Atkins-like plan, with no limit on calories but with a ceiling of 30 grams of carbs per day. HealthDay reminds us that a similar study done in 2003 showed that at the six-month mark, obese dieters on the low-carb plan had lost
about 13 pounds, compared to about 4.5 pounds on a low-fat diet. This time around, however, the researchers looked at long-term results. What did they find? Three years from the starting line, those in the low-fat group were still losing weight, while the low-carb group was putting it back on.
Read an extract from the study in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
If you extrapolate the numbers the people on the low carb diet would have lost 78 LBs in three years vs. 27 LBs for the lowfatfolks. Guess my numbers are about as scientific as say “they were putting it back on”.
please i went low carb and low fat 3 years ago,guess what im still 40 pounds lighter than 3 years ago
30% of a daily caloric intake from fats is not a low fat diet by anybody’s stretch of their imagination when it is recommended that one limits one’s fat intake to 15 to 20 % of daily caloric intake.
The innumerable other variables, such as who did and did not exercise, what types of physical activies were employed, the stress of level of possible occupations, any existing health issues, etc. don’t seem to ahve been well taken into account.
This well seems to be another case of you can prove anything if you arrange the tests to prove it.
The results may well be sound however, I would prefer better science.