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Old July 17th, 2008, 11:22 AM posted to alt.support.diet.low-carb
Roger Zoul
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Default Low-carb and Mediterranean diets beat low-fat for weight-loss, lipid changes at two years

I posted this yesterday at 7pm, but it never got here. Listen to the ADA
(still nut-jobs).
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Beer-Sheva, Israel - Both a low-carbohydrate diet or a Mediterranean-style
diet may be "effective alternatives" to a low-fat diet, with more favorable
effects on lipids and/or glycemic control, new research suggests [1]. The
two-year study, which managed to keep almost 85% of the 322 study
participants on one of the three diets for the entire period, offers the
hope that weight-loss diets can be tailored to personal preferences, without
sacrificing efficacy, researchers say.

"Several recent one-year dietary studies have led the American Diabetes
Association to state in January 2008 that low-carb diets should be
considered for a maximum of one year," lead author on the study, Dr Iris
Shai (Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel), told
heartwire. "The current two-year study suggests that one low-fat diet
doesn't fit all, meaning that the old paradigm should be reconsidered."

http://www.theheart.org/viewArticle...._id=tho16jul08