Confused whether to follow a low-fat diet or a low-carb diet to shed weight? Reducing either carbohydrates or fats from the diet shaves off excess weight in about the same proportion, claims a new study.<\/p>\n
Published in the journal JAMA, the study stated that the fundamental strategy for losing weight with either a low-fat or a low-carb approach is the same \u2014 eat less sugar, less refined flour and as many vegetables as possible. Go for whole foods, whether that is a wheatberry salad or grass-fed beef.<\/p>\n
The finding puts an end to a long-argued debate about \u201cwhat\u2019s the best diet\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve all heard stories of a friend who went on one diet \u2014 it worked great \u2014 and then another friend tried the same diet, and it didn\u2019t work at all,\u201d said Christopher Gardner, Professor of medicine at Stanford University in California.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s because we\u2019re all very different, and we\u2019re just starting to understand the reasons for this diversity. May be we shouldn\u2019t be asking what\u2019s the best diet, but what\u2019s the best diet for whom?\u201d<\/p>\n
The team studied over 609 men and women, aged between 18 and 50 years. All were randomised into one of two dietary groups \u2014 low-carbohydrate or low-fat. Each group was instructed to maintain the diet for one year.<\/p>\n
The results showed that individuals in the two groups had lost, on an average, 13 pounds.<\/p>\n
Further, immense weight loss variability was observed among the participants of both the groups. Some dropped upward of 60 pounds, while others gained close to 15 or 20 pounds.<\/p>\n
The researchers also found no associations between the genotype pattern or baseline insulin levels and a propensity to succeed on either diet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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