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Default Fad Diet Wars: Low-carb v. low-fat: No clear loser, studies find

cranberry wrote:
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>>Low-carb v. Low-fat: How they stack up after one year*
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>>Results....................................Low-fat.......Low-carb
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>>Dieters at start................................68........... .64
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>>Still on diet at one year.......................43.............44

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> That's a drop out rate of 34 % ... and only 1 year has passed.


Yes.

IMHO people do not like restricting what they eat, especially when it is
on a fad diet ( ie low fat and low carb ) where a macronutrient itself
is severly restricted.

Steve


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