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Diet doubts over counting calories
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm...ceanddiscovery
Diet doubts over counting calories Counting calories may not be the best way to lose weight, researchers have claimed. A six-month study in America has found some calories cause people to put on more weight than others. The survey of 65 overweight and obese adults - 70% of whom had type 2 diabetes - found that those put on a moderate fat diet containing almonds lost more weight than those on a low-fat diet without almonds. But the total number of calories for both groups was the same. And other factors such as protein intake were also maintained at equal levels. The waistline measurements of those on the moderate fat diet with almonds fell by 14%, compared with 9% for the other group. Fat mass figures also fell by 10% more in the group on the almond diet. The results - published in the International Journal of Obesity - cast doubt on widely held beliefs about dieting. It has long been assumed that a key to losing weight is cutting calorie intake. The study's lead researcher Dr Michelle Wien, from City of Hope National Medical Centre in Duarte, California, said: "There may be qualities in almonds that helped the first group lose more weight." One possible explanation was that the fat in almonds may not have been completely absorbed. Story filed: 18:12 Thursday 6th November 2003 |
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