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Researchers test four diets for weight-loss effectiveness. No huge differences seen between diets, key is calorie reduction. Diets targeted at carbohydrates, proteins or fats result in similiar results, as long as calorie intake was reduced.

The Diets Studied: high carb, high fat, low-fat and high protein



http://www.cnn.com/2...diet/index.html
Edited by Forever21, 26 February 2009 - 06:20 AM.

This is the actual study:

http://content.nejm..../full/360/9/859

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Researchers test four diets for weight-loss effectiveness. No huge differences seen between diets, key is calorie reduction. Diets targeted at carbohydrates, proteins or fats result in similiar results, as long as calorie intake was reduced.

The Diets Studied: high carb, high fat, low-fat and high protein

http://www.cnn.com/2...diet/index.html

The lowest carb of the diets has 35% carbs.
That's not very low.

- take overweight people eating junk, put them on an healthy_food_no_junk diet (paleo, low carb, vegan, zone, high fat, high protein)...you get similar improvements for all diets
- low carb diet in study has 35% from carb...it's not a low carb
- glycemic index is not taken into account

diets were too similar in their macronutrient proportions. poor study design for a nemj publication - look out for follow-up correspondence.

im not sure if this is the same study, but it compared similar diets...

http://www.hsph.harv...tudy/index.html