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Fatty diet found to work
23.58PM BST, 22 May 2003
link to article (http://www.itv.com/news/1366477.html)
The 'eat as much fat as you like' diet made famous by Geri Halliwell has been supported by university researchers.
In tests at the Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, people on the high-fat, low-carbohydrate Atkins diet lost twice as much weight over six months as those on a standard low-fat eating plan.
The weight-loss plan devised by diet guru Dr Robert Atkins recommends dieters cut down on carbohydrates but not worry about how much fat they eat.
The Washington University researchers also found those on the Atkins diet had better levels of blood fats, with increased amounts of "good cholesterol", than those on the standard diet.
Researcher Samuel Klein said: "A calorie is still a calorie, whether the calorie comes from fat, carbohydrates or protein.
"But it might be that certain types of calories are more filling than others and result in an overall decrease in total calorie intake."
The authors cautioned against people discarding low-fat eating plans, given that these had been been shown to cut the risk of heart attacks.
But they also called for more research to find out why people lost more weight on the Atkins diet and to assess its long-term effectiveness.
23.58PM BST, 22 May 2003
link to article (http://www.itv.com/news/1366477.html)
The 'eat as much fat as you like' diet made famous by Geri Halliwell has been supported by university researchers.
In tests at the Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, people on the high-fat, low-carbohydrate Atkins diet lost twice as much weight over six months as those on a standard low-fat eating plan.
The weight-loss plan devised by diet guru Dr Robert Atkins recommends dieters cut down on carbohydrates but not worry about how much fat they eat.
The Washington University researchers also found those on the Atkins diet had better levels of blood fats, with increased amounts of "good cholesterol", than those on the standard diet.
Researcher Samuel Klein said: "A calorie is still a calorie, whether the calorie comes from fat, carbohydrates or protein.
"But it might be that certain types of calories are more filling than others and result in an overall decrease in total calorie intake."
The authors cautioned against people discarding low-fat eating plans, given that these had been been shown to cut the risk of heart attacks.
But they also called for more research to find out why people lost more weight on the Atkins diet and to assess its long-term effectiveness.