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Diets: Atkins is the best of the low-carbs (and a high-fat diet doesn’t cause heart problems)

08 March 2007

The much-maligned Atkins Diet is the best of the low-carb options, a new study has concluded. Even so, it still achieved only a modest weight loss over a year of just 4.7kg (10.4lbs).

The diet came out on top when it was compared with the Zone, the Ornish and the LEARN low-carb diets.
In all, 311 overweight or obese women were randomly put on one of the four diets to discover which was the most effective over 12 months.

Women on the Atkins diet lost on average 4.7kg (10.4lbs), the LEARN diet group lost on average 2.6kg (5.7lbs), the Ornish dieters lost 2.2kg (4.8lbs), and the Zone diet group lost an average of 1.6kg (3.5lbs).

The researchers, from Stanford University, also dispelled concerns that the Atkins diet was unhealthy and increased the risk of heart problems. After blood tests on the women, they concluded that a diet that was rich in saturated fats didn’t affect blood lipid levels.

(Source: Journal of the American Medical Association, 2007; 297: 969-77).

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