Low Fat - High Carb Diets

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Low Fat - High Carb Diets

A study, called the Women's Health Initiative, has challenged advocates of the Atkins low-carb approach to eating. Some advocates of the Dr. Atkins diet and other low-carbohydrate diet plans (such as South Beach Diet) had suggested that low-fat diets touted by cancer and heart disease prevention groups might be part of the reason behind the growing number of overweight Americans.

About 40% of 48,000 women in the study were assigned to a low-fat diet and the other 60% of the women in the "control" group ate a normal diet. Women in the low-fat group were told to eat no more than 20% of their total daily calories from fat. Neither group was required to exercise or told to restrict their calories to a certain level.

Researchers found that after the first year of the study, women in the low-fat group lost an average of 4.8 lbs., compared with women who followed their normal eating patterns.

Results of this study suggest that a low-fat diet may ward off the tendency for women to gain weight from their 40s to their 60s. The study demonstrates that the dietary recommendations for reducing fat and replacing it with vegetables, fruits and grains don't raise body weight. This implies that guidelines that restrict fat intake and advocates increases in complex carbohydrates haven't been a contributing factor to the weight gain that has taken place in America over the past several decades.

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