Diet & Weight Loss Articles

New England Journal Of Medicine Confirms...
A Low-Carb Diet Is Effective For Weight Loss.

For the last 30 years the common wisdom has been that a low-fat regimen is the only way to achieve good health and weight control. The results of studies reported in the May, 2003 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine add to the growing body of evidence supporting the low carbohydrate approach.

The results are consistent with other recent trials comparing a low carbohydrate diet to low fat. In both the studies headed by Gary D. Foster, Ph.D. and Frederick F. Samaha, M.D., the low carbohydrate participants lost more weight and showed greater improvements in cardiovascular risk factors than did the low fat participants.

Considering that the epidemic of overweight and obesity has increased to an alarming 64.5 percent during the time when low fat was the predominant recommendation, these significant results should make physicians and the rest of the health care community more comfortable recommending the low carbohydrate alternative to their patients.