And the winner is… a three-way tie between the low-fat, low-carb, and Mediterranean diets??? A new study in the New England Journal of Medicine shows all three have similar amounts of modest weight loss. But the debate rages on…
Researchers found after two years, dieters lost an average of 7.3 pounds on the low-fat plan, 10 pounds on the Mediterranean diet, and 12 pounds on a mostly vegetarian version of the low-carbohydrate Atkins diet.
But wait… it doesn’t stop there. In this article from Newsweek, Dr. Dean Ornish says the research has some serious flaws. He makes some pretty interesting points including that the study was partly funded by the Atkins Research Foundation.
The study also highlights how hard it is to lose weight and the fact that most diets do not work well. It really has to be about making permanent changes that will last a lifetime - small changes are the way to do it, in my opinion.
After covering all these diet debates for years, I don’t think they’re ever going to end. Trust me, we haven’t heard the last of this yet.
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Tags: Atkins diet, diet debate, Diets, Dr. Dean Ornish, low-carbohydrate, low-fat, Mediterranean diet, New England Journal of Medicine
