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EventsThe death of the low-fat diet (again)
A just-published article in the prestigious journal The Lancet summarizes all major scientific trials on losing weight on low fat. The conclusion? There’s no evidence that low-fat helps to lose weight, compared to any other diet advice.
In fact, giving any other diet advice tends to be better, with people given the opposite advice (low carb, higher fat) in studies losing significantly MORE weight.
The only situation where the low fat looks decent is when comparing it to no diet at all. I.e. a low-fat diet might be less bad than eating donuts and pizza. Not really a surprise. But when choosing a diet for weight loss, low fat looks like the worst option.
Media
- The Telegraph: Cut out carbs, not fat if you want to lose weight, Harvard study finds
- Express: Slim chance of weight loss with a low-fat diet, claims new study
- CBS News: Low-fat diet no good for long-term weight loss, study says
- The Guardian: Low-carb and Mediterranean diets beat low-fat plans for losing weight – report
- Mail Online: Low-fat diets do NOT work: Scientists cast doubt on years of health advice after concluding there is no evidence that reducing fat intake helps cut weight
- Mirror: Low-fat diet can lead to weight GAIN, with low-carb diets being preferred
The study:
Conclusion
The low-fat diet is dead. All the last decades of fat phobic advice managed to do was make people hungry, eat more bad carbs, and make the obesity epidemic worse. Time to move on.
A better way
Are you ready for better weight-loss advice? You can find it right here: How to Lose Weight
Do you want to try a low-carb diet? Here’s your guides: LCHF for Beginners / Low-Carb Foods Guide
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""It's nothing new, and similar to what we've always told our patients for all these years. Low-fat diets are not the key to sustained weight loss, despite the fact that a gram of fat has higher calorie content than a gram of carbohydrate. It's a confirmation of what we knew," Messer told CBS News.
"With low-fat versus low-carb, there was less weight loss with the low-fat diet. The only time the low-fat diet was useful was when it was compared to no diet. Low-carb wins out over a low-fat diet," said Messer."
Ha ha ha!
As a community, we can't let those you pushed this garbage now pretend they were with us all along. Whether their motivation was corruption, cowardice, or simply intellectual laziness, they are responsible for turning an much of an entire generation into extremely unhealthy obese diabetics. They must be held accountable.
Take no prisoners.
As for Atkins, I liked the diet, but I think the Atkins organization went overboard. I used to eat Atkins bars and other goods, then I realized those things are not good either. Sugar alcohols and sugar replacements are bad. Real food is what we should be eating.
I'm glad that Dr. Bernstein is alive and well to see this win. He started taking this battle directly to the ADA back in the 1970's. In fact, he became an MD around the age of 50 to have more authority in his fight. It may not be the war, but it is an important battle.
Eat low fat/ fat free and are still insisting that fat is and always will be the number one contributor to fatal heart attacks and obesity, insisting that there is not enough research proving otherwise and tons of scientific proof proving low fat/ 0 fat is still the healthiest diet, they still say that you should reach for margarine and fat free dairy creamer instead of unhealthy options like butter, and full fat cream, and on top of this run our butts off for 30-40 minutes a day too,
they're telling parents to stuff their kids full of fat free dairy and high carb cereals and bread everyday for optimal growth and health, I scream Bull S***....
my diabetes DR told me before finding this site to eat minimal 60 grams of carbs per meal and at least 20 - 30 grams per snack of which there are three per day so do the math that's between 340 and 370 grams per day, and when I told him about this site he said well there is a lot of wrong advise being dished out by internet Quacks, and he was worried that if I continue down this road It would result in amputation, kidney/liver failure or death from a stroke or heart attack, he went as far as stating I can only advise you to listen to my advise and hope that when you realize this is site is a wrong and unhealthy choice then we can get you back on your insulin and a healthy diet.
I'm sick and tired of most of Canadian Doctor's bowing down to the thick headed American health association, thinking well if the Americans say its healthy then it must be,
I go to the store and see 99% of yogurts are 0% fat the highest for plain yogurt is 3% and margarine is still taking up 3 shelves where as butter we have a limited selection of 4 brands and none of them are grass fed.
Link to Messer’s comment,
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/low-fat-diet-long-term-weight-loss/