Posted by Larry Hoover on October 14, 2003, at 17:50:39
In reply to Re: Carbohydrates and weight » tealady, posted by Zarah78 on October 13, 2003, at 22:46:19
In the news today, from:
http://www.canoe.ca/EdmontonNews/es.es-10-14-0059.html
"In the study, 21 overweight volunteers were divided into three categories: Two groups randomly assigned to either low-fat or low-carb diets with 1,500 calories for women and 1,800 for men; a third group also low-carb but with an extra 300 calories a day.
The Atkins organization agreed to pay for the research, though it had no input into the study's design, conduct or analysis.
The study was unique because all the food was prepared at an upscale Italian restaurant in Cambridge, Massachusetts, so researchers knew exactly what they ate. Most earlier studies simply sent people home with diet plans to follow as best they could.
Each afternoon, the volunteers picked up that evening's dinner, a bedtime snack and the next day's breakfast and lunch. Instead of lots of red meat and saturated fat, a staple of low-carb diets, they ate mostly fish, chicken, salads, vegetables and unsaturated oils.
Everyone's food looked similar but was cooked to different recipes. The low-carb meals were five per cent carbohydrate, 15% protein and 65% fat. The rest got 55% carbohydrate, 15% protein and 30% fat.
In the end, everyone lost weight. Those on the lower-cal, low-carb regimen took off 23 pounds, while people who got the same calories on the low-fat approach lost 17 pounds. The big surprise, though, was that those who got the extra 300 calories a day of low-carb food lost 20 pounds."
There's something wrong with the quoted percentages on the low-carb diet (adds up to 80%, but I think the protein should have been 35%, not 15%).Expect to see more evidence soon. Low-fat makes you fat.
Lar
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