signalsAtkins Diet Beats Out Three Others
March 8th 2007 00:38
I'm sure by now everyone has read about the Atkins diet coming out on top for weight loss in women. The study was released around 4 yesterday and it has been blowing up in the media!
In case you are interested, the study was 12 months long, investigating the diets (along w/ Atkins) : The Zone, Ornish and LEARN (a typical government recommended diet high in carbs and low in fat). The weight lost over the course of the year was highest w/ Atkins (10 lbs lost). The other losses were more modest 3-5 lbs.
Now, obviously this is good for Atkins supporters...however it is discouraging to see that the best ANY of these women did was a 10 lb loss - come on, they had a whole year! Of course these are averages - I'm sure some women lost more.
Apparently, for the first 8 weeks the women were coached by a nutritionist, and they went astray when left to do it on their own. Such a shame - I wonder if there was any yo-yoing going on, making the net loss lower.
On a side note - today I was picking up a prescription at our local drugstore - and I was really craving sugar free candy (that's not OK on induction but I had been craving it every day since I started this). I went and picked a couple packages of Russell Stover's candy and then headed to the pharmacy checkout.
The woman in front of us was enormous - apple shaped and her pants were all riding up and bunched together. I was like, Is that going to be me someday if I keep doing this?
I told Matt to put the candy back and go grab me some sf green tea (Arizona).
I feel so much better! So far no sweets whatsoever!
Claire S.
In case you are interested, the study was 12 months long, investigating the diets (along w/ Atkins) : The Zone, Ornish and LEARN (a typical government recommended diet high in carbs and low in fat). The weight lost over the course of the year was highest w/ Atkins (10 lbs lost). The other losses were more modest 3-5 lbs.
Now, obviously this is good for Atkins supporters...however it is discouraging to see that the best ANY of these women did was a 10 lb loss - come on, they had a whole year! Of course these are averages - I'm sure some women lost more.
On a side note - today I was picking up a prescription at our local drugstore - and I was really craving sugar free candy (that's not OK on induction but I had been craving it every day since I started this). I went and picked a couple packages of Russell Stover's candy and then headed to the pharmacy checkout.
The woman in front of us was enormous - apple shaped and her pants were all riding up and bunched together. I was like, Is that going to be me someday if I keep doing this?
I told Matt to put the candy back and go grab me some sf green tea (Arizona).
I feel so much better! So far no sweets whatsoever!
Claire S.
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