New Diet Study Paints Bleak Future For Obese People

This was after a firmly controlled dieting experiment carried out at Israel’s Nuclear Research Center in Dimona, a very isolated agency that boosts of having its own medical equipments.

The study that involved 322 dieters, 277 men and 45 women was meant to determine which of three types of diets works best. However, researchers where shocked when the study instead highlighted the difficultly of weight loss using strict dieting.

According to an insider, the dieters were given strict orders to follow one of the three diet types provided. The study that was majorly financed by the Atkins Research Foundation had dieters choose from a diet with about 30% fat, based on American Heart Association guiding principle, a low-carbohydrate diet based on the Atkins diet plan and a Mediterranean diet.

It was not until five months that the biggest weight loss was noticed. Dieters on low fat and Mediterranean dieters lost up to 10 pounds whereas the low-carbohydrate dieters lost about 14 pounds.

However, the dieters had regained some of the weight lost by the end of two years. Dieters on low fat regained the most weight with a net loss of six pounds and the low-carbohydrate dieters both lost about 10 pounds.

Although the researchers acknowledged little success, they were quick to point out that there were improvements in cholesterol and various health markers due to the weight loss.

The study also revealed that men generally lost more weight when put on low carbohydrate diets with weight loss of around 11 pounds. Men on Mediterranean diet lost about 9 pounds.

A loss of 14 and 5 pounds were registered amongst the women when put under mediterranean and low-carbohydrate plans respectively. According to Ms Shai, one of the researchers, the study has highlighted the health benefits associate with a health diet.

Source: Reference New York Times