Wed, Jan-10-07, 18:41
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Senior Member
Posts: 1,960
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Plan: Atkins
Stats: 160/103/115
BF:
Progress: 127%
Location: Edmonton, AB Canada
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Yes, thanks, Tyrion, for the link. I found this in a 2005 newsletter:
Quote:
Dr. Gary D. Foster of the Weight and Eating Disorders Program at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, spoke on “Low-Carbohydrate Diets in the Treatment of Obesity.” Although “low-carb” diets have become very popular, there are few studies of their safety and efficacy. Dr. Foster summarized the existing studies, and found that while low-carbohydrate diets are associated with greater weight loss than low-fat, low-calorie diets for the first six months, at one year, weight loss is equivalent. Low-carbohydrate diets also have beneficial effects on HDL cholesterol and triglycerides, while not appearing to have any adverse effects on LDL cholesterol. However, these studies are all limited by having small sample sizes, limited measurements, and short durations. Future studies should be conducted to confirm their findings.
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(ILSI News, Jan-March 2005, Vol 23, No 1, p. 7 link)
He may not be talking about results associated with his current study - since this does say he was summarizing "existing" studies. And I wish there had been mention of what kind of weight was lost - fat? Or fat and muscle?
2009...sigh.
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