Active Low-Carber Forums - View Single Post - Counting calories, not carbs or fat, matters most, study says.

I found some more info about this study here: http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/pr...rotein-fat.html

Quote:

The trial included 811 men and women who were randomly divided into four diet groups with different target nutrient compositions:

* Low-fat, average protein: 20% of calories from fat, 15% of calories from protein, 65% of calories from carbohydrate

* Low-fat, high-protein: 20% fat, 25% protein, 55% carbohydrate

* High-fat, average protein: 40% fat, 15% protein, 45% carbohydrate

* High-fat, high-protein: 40% fat, 25% protein, 35% carbohydrate

They call 40% fat "high fat."

That's low fat in my eyes. But of course they designed it to be "heart healthy." *eyes rolling right outta my head onto the floor*

In other words, folks, nothing to see here, just the usual crapola. What a damn shame they didn't have the guts to actually put someone on a real low carb diet. I can guarantee their results would have been remarkably different.