Study: Low-Carb Burns Twice As Much Body Fat As Low-Fat

Here's another interesting story from Jimmy Moore,
low carb dieting's fiercest proponent!

It seems as though the only way to get the good side
of low carb diet plans is to check the foreign press.

Study: Low-Carb Burns Twice As Much Body Fat As Low-Fat:


Jimmy Moore
March 23, 2006


The following is a reprint from the blog 'Livin' La Vida
Low-Carb':


Why is it that any POSITIVE news about livin' la vida
low-carb is generally only found in foreign news sources?
Hmmm?

This PakTribune story details an exciting study that
shows a low-carb diet like Atkins produces greater
weight loss in obese women over a four-month period
than the low-fat diet.

Led by Dr. Bonnie J. Brehm, a dietician and nutrition
professor at the University of Cincinnati School of
Nursing, this four-month study involved 50 moderately
obese women who were randomly placed on either a
low-carbohydrate diet or a low-fat diet. Additionally,
the low-fat diet group had to cut back on their calories
(poor ladies!).

At the end of the four-month period, 80 percent of the
women had completed the study and the study
participants in both groups lost both total body weight
and body fat, the researchers noted.

However, the group that was on a low-carb diet lost more
than 10 percent of their body weight (22 total pounds,
14 pounds of stored body fat) compared with 7 percent
for the low-fat diet group (14 total pounds, 7 pounds of
stored body fat). The low-carb diet group lost TWICE
as much body fat as the low-fat diet group during
the study.

As for physical activity during the study, it was estimated
by using pedometers on each of the study participants that
there was 'no significant change' or difference between the
two groups.

Read the rest of the story here.




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