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INDUSTRY NEWS - PM

Low-carb trumps low-fat for weight loss and cardiovascular risk: study


By Rita Jane Gabbett on 9/2/2014


A new clinical trial funded by the National Institutes of Health bucks decades of nutritional advice, finding a low-carbohydrate diet is more effective for weight loss and reducing cardiovascular risk factors than a low-fat diet, according to an article published in Annals of Internal Medicine.
The results challenge the perception that low-fat diets are always better for the heart, according to lead author Dr. Lydia Bazzano, professor in nutrition research at Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine.
"Over the years, the message has always been to go low-fat," Bazzano said in a statement. "Yet we found those on a low-carb diet had significantly greater decreases in estimated 10-year risk for heart disease after six and 12 months than the low-fat group."

After a year, the low-carb group lost an average of 7.7 pounds more than the low-fat group. The blood levels of certain fats that are predictors of heart disease risk also improved more in the low-carb group. While low-density lipoprotein cholesterol for both groups were about the same, the low-carb group saw a spike in so-called "good" HDL cholesterol and a decline in the ratio of bad to good cholesterol.
While the low-carb dieters got 41 percent of their calories from fat, most were healthy monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats like olive or canola oil. The group only got 13 percent of calories from saturated fats like butter.
"It's not a license to go back to the butter, but it does show that even high-fat diets — if they are high in the right fats — can be healthy and help you lose weight," Bazzano said.

Clinical trial
A clinical trial differs from epidemiological studies (many of which have been used to support a low-fat diet recommendation) because only a clinical trial can establish causation between a diet and a health outcome. Epidemiological studies can only show an association, a point driven home in Nina Teicholz's new book, "The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet."

To compare the effects of a low-carbohydrate versus a low-fat diet on body weight and cardiovascular risk factors, researchers in this most recent clinical trial randomly assigned 148 men and women without clinical cardiovascular disease and diabetes to follow a low-carbohydrate (less than 40g a day) or low-fat diet (less than 30 percent of daily calories from fat).
All participants were classified as obese based on body mass index and just over half of the participants were black. Both the low-carbohydrate and the low-fat groups received dietary counseling at regular intervals but had no specific calorie or energy goals.

Results
At one year, both black and white participants on the low-carbohydrate diet had greater decreases in weight, fat mass, and other cardiovascular risk factors than those on the low-fat diet.

Overall, blood levels of certain fats that are predictors of risk for cardiovascular disease also decreased more in the low-carbohydrate group.
Physical activity was similar in the groups throughout the study, suggesting that the greater weight loss among participants in the low-carbohydrate group was not because they exercised more. When the researchers evaluated the black and white participants separately, the results were similar.
Even without additional exercise, the trial showed that "compared with participants on the low-fat diet, those on the low-carbohydrate diet had significantly greater proportional increases in lean mass."

Limitations
The study lasted 12 months, and whether the participants will maintain the weight loss is not known. In addition, because the study lasted only 12 months, it is not known whether the reductions in blood markers of risk for cardiovascular disease will be accompanied by reductions in the development of coronary artery disease, heart attacks, strokes, and other cardiovascular problems.
Conclusion:
"The low-carbohydrate diet was more effective for weight loss and cardiovascular risk factor reduction than the low-fat diet. Restricting carbohydrate may be an option for persons seeking to lose weight and reduce cardiovascular risk factors," according to the study summary in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

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[Mike]

Have you tried it?

 

[Anonymous]

Study Proves Meat-Eaters Are More Healthy Than Vegetarians

Posted on 2 April, 2014 by Rick Wells


The Mooch will be beside herself when she learns of the results of this research. A study, conducted at the University of Graz, Austria, determined that vegetarians are less healthy and their quality of life is not as good as those who eat meat.

The study reported their findings saying that those who abstain from meat are "less healthy (in terms of cancer, allergies, and mental health disorders), have a lower quality of life, and also require more medical treatment."

Allergies are twice as common in vegetarians, with cancer and heart attacks having a fifty percent higher incidence than their carnivorous counterparts. Meat eaters were also found to drink less alcohol.

While important, these results and determinations are not unique. In 2010 the World Health Organization studied 30,604 people for an average of 8.7 years, tracking their diets and focusing particularly upon their fruit and vegetable consumption. The common assumption that a fruit and vegetable diet held fewer health risks was not supported by their research.

In fact, in some ways the opposite conclusions were drawn. They reported "A very small inverse association between intake of total fruits and vegetables and cancer risk was observed in this study."

The study also broke with traditional theory in noting a "growing body of epidemiological, clinical and experimental evidence suggesting that regular cheese intake may reduce the risk of cardiovascular outcomes."

The study also indicated that moderate alcohol consumption resulted in reduced incidences of heart disease versus abstinence.

Another popular and widely held belief, that of the link between second-hand smoke and cancer was dismissed by the WHO's study. Passive smoking was determined to have no statistically significant correlation with lung cancer and heart disease.

One area of the study did find a correlation between second-hand smoke and cancer as a result of childhood exposure with surprising results which were the opposite of what would be expected. Unbelievably, children exposed to cigarette smoke were found to have a 22 percent reduction in the rate of lung cancer as adults.

Beef, cheese, wine and cigars; Not only good, but good for you.

http://gopthedailydose.com/2014/04/02/study-proves-meat-eaters-are-more-healthy-than-vegetarians/

 

[ranch hand]

Have you tried it?

Hell no he hasn't tried it as drinking does not work on a low carb diet. :dunce: :dunce: