Posts Tagged ‘Low Fat Diet’
Low Fat Diet Vs Low Carb Diet, Saturated Fat & Coconut Oil
Be My Friend www.myspace.com Joe’s website www.nutritionaustin.com The Study http Low Fat Diet Vs Low Carb Diet, Saturated Fat & Coconut Oil Is a low fat diet really good for weight loss and cholesterol levels? A new two year study found that a low carb diet and the Mediterranean diet were more effective for weight loss and cholesterol than a low fat diet. Better Body Clinical Nutrition Joe Stickland, ACN Applied Clinical Nutritionist This video was produced by Psychetruth www.myspace.com www.youtube.com psychetruth.blogspot.com © Copyright 2008 Better Body Clinical Nutrition. Distributed by Tubemogul.
Atkins Diet: Does low carb work as well for all groups?
This video comes out of the multiple comments I have received does it work as well for X as it does for Y. Often, Low carb as been seen as a “Man’s” diet. While it certainly does work for men quite well, it works for women as well too. The second half of this video deals with does it work better for the morbid obese people like my former self or just slightly overweight people. Male vs. Female: Role of a critical visceral adipose tissue threshold (CVATT) in metabolic syndrome: implications for controlling dietary carbohydrates: a review Eric S Freedland Boston University School of Medicine Nutrition & Metabolism 2004, 1:12 “Jeff Volek and colleagues, from the University of Connecticut, also show for the first time that a low carbohydrate diet is much more effective in losing fat from the stomach and chest. They found that fat loss in men was three-times greater in the trunk area, when they were on a low-carbohydrate regime compared to the low-fat diet. Nearly all participants in the study (12 of 15 men and 12 of 13 women) lost more fat on their upper body on the low- carbohydrate diet.” Comparison of the Atkins, Zone, Ornish, and LEARN Diets for Change in Weight and Related Risk Factors Among Overweight Premenopausal Women jama.ama-assn.org “Results Weight loss was greater for women in the Atkins diet group compared with the other diet groups at 12 months, and mean 12-month weight loss was significantly different between the Atkins and Zone diets. Mean 12-month weight …
3 of 5 Diet wars – Low fat vs low carb
tinyurl.com — Enter Dr. Atkins and the low-carb diet craze currently sweeping the nation. Whereas low-fat diets like Pritikin and Ornish warned followers against eating high-fat foods like steak and eggs, Atkins followers avoided the carbohydrates that are the mainstay of a low-fat lifestyle. Not surprisingly, low-carb diets have come under attack by everyone from low-fat diet proponents to scientists and the media. In “Diet Wars,” Talbot speaks with science journalist Gary Taubes, who wrote a controversial article for The New York Times Magazine that questioned whether the food pyramid was wrong and limiting carbohydrates was the way to go. “I got crucified in a variety of publications,” Taubes tells FRONTLINE. “A Washington Post reporter went after me, the Center for Science in the Public Interest went after me because suddenly I turned around and said, ‘Maybe low-fat diets don’t work and maybe low-carbohydrate diets are the answer.’” Taubes admits to being surprised by the ferocity with which his article was attacked. “People are more polarized on this than they are in politics,” he says. “I’m stunned.” What most nutritionists and industry experts do agree on is the fact that America is facing an obesity problem of epidemic proportions. “This is the public health issue of our generation,” says Dr. James Hill, director of the University of Colorado’s Center for Human Nutrition. “[When] you see 65 percent of Americans are overweight or obese, what amazes me is that …