"Roger Zoul" wrote in message
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Daniel Hoffmeister wrote:

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I found this statement (from
http://www.essentialnutrition.org/lowcarb.php)
interesting:

"An analysis of the diets of 2,681 people who are listed in the National
Weight Control Registry found that fewer than 1 percent who had maintained
at least a 30-pound weight loss for a year or more followed a diet with
less
than 24 percent of the daily calories from carbohydrates.6 Because so few
dieters following the Atkins plan were found in the registry, the
researchers concluded that very low-carbohydrate diets do not offer a
weight
loss advantage over the long term (because only dieters with long term
weight loss are admitted into the Registry in the first place). "

I'd be willing to bet money that one could find more than 27 people right
here in this newsgroup who have maintained a 30-pound weight loss for a
year
or more.

I lost 30lbs on Atkins and kept it off for 3 years, then gained weight
during my 2 pregnancies. i've already lost 22lbs of it and have only been
back on LC since July!


Also, 24% calories from carbs might be considered a low-carb by those in
maintainence since the standard recommendations are typically over 50%.

The nonsense will never cease.