In this study, the researchers put over 800 patients on diets of low or high fat, average or high protein, and low or high carbs for a period of 2 years. Each plan cut about 750 calories from their diets, but no diet was less than 1,200 calories. They then measured weight loss while the trial was running and at the end of the 2 years and found that the reduced calorie diets result in weight loss regardless of what kind of diet they used. After 2 years, the participants had lost and regained about the same amount of weight regardless of diet. So, it doesn't matter if you use the Atkins, Ornish, or Mediterranean diets just so long as you cut calories in order to lose weight.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Only Calories Count
In this study, the researchers put over 800 patients on diets of low or high fat, average or high protein, and low or high carbs for a period of 2 years. Each plan cut about 750 calories from their diets, but no diet was less than 1,200 calories. They then measured weight loss while the trial was running and at the end of the 2 years and found that the reduced calorie diets result in weight loss regardless of what kind of diet they used. After 2 years, the participants had lost and regained about the same amount of weight regardless of diet. So, it doesn't matter if you use the Atkins, Ornish, or Mediterranean diets just so long as you cut calories in order to lose weight.
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