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There's a reason Atkin's diet is so popular. It's because it's extremely effective at shedding weight. Sure there might be a point at which you're gaining wei
by s_baby 14y ago
There's a reason Atkin's diet is so popular. It's because it's extremely effective at shedding weight. Sure there might be a point at which you're gaining weight due to the fact that it's an astronomical amount of calories and there are going to be differences in biology but over-all people find eliminating carbs will cut the weight even if they don't cut calories.
- tjogin 14y agoThe same argument could be, and often is used, to prove the existence of god.
- dalke 14y agoLots of things are popular. However, I thought the rough consensus was more like what's outlined in (pulling up a recent relevant paper) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2949959/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2949959/ "Successful weight loss can be achieved with either a low-fat or low-carbohydrate diet when coupled with behavioral treatment. A low-carbohydrate diet is associated with favorable changes in cardiovascular disease risk factors at 2 years." "Data from several randomized trials over the past 6 years have demonstrated that low-carbohydrate diets produced greater short-term (6 months) weight loss than low-fat, calorie-restricted diets (1-5). The longer-term (1 to 2 years) results are mixed." "Implication: Overweight persons can achieve substantial weight loss at 2 years if they participate in a behavioral intervention combined with a low-fat or a low-carbohydrate diet." Also, attrition rates were about the same between the two.