Hi all,
As someone who is only a recent convert to the LC WOE, I am still learning what many of you already know. A co-worker who lost her weight the LC way (and is eager to help me learn more), gave me a copy of an article published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) in March, 2007. The study (and article) is titled, "Comparison of the Atkins, Zone, Ornish, and LEARN Diets for Change in Weight and Related Risk Factors Among Overweight Premenopausal Women."
Here is a link to the article:
http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/297/9/969
The plain-English conclusion is the women "assigned to follow the Atkins diet, which had the lowest carb intake, lost more weight and experienced more favorable overall metabolic effects at 12 months than women assigned to follow the Zone, Ornish, or LEARN [low in fat, high in carbohydrate, based on national guidelines] diets."
It's amazing that I constantly read contradictory news stories about whether coffee or soy (or <insert ingredient here>) is good or bad, but I never read pro-LC articles in the popular press. I don't know; maybe I just haven't been paying attention.
Anyway, food for thought. No pun intended.
Full Version: Comparison of Atkins, Zone, Ornish & LEARN
THANKS Robin! I was ALL OVER this study at my blog when it came out. If there's big news about low-carb from the research community, you bet your sweet bippy I'm on it! 
| QUOTE (livinlowcarbman @ Sep 24 2007, 02:43 PM) |
| THANKS Robin! I was ALL OVER this study at my blog when it came out. If there's big news about low-carb from the research community, you bet your sweet bippy I'm on it! |
Hi Jimmy! I read your blog on the study and was interested to note Dr. Gardner's reaction to it. In his response to you, he displays a smidgeon of that "the poor, uneducated masses need to be protected from the truth because 1) they won't be able to follow the requirements, or 2) they aren't smart enough to understand the subtleties of the data" attitude that I've seen in nutrition and medical experts before.
Many years ago, I saw a talk show (Charlie Rose on PBS, I believe) with Dr. Atkins, Dr. Ornish, and an expert from the American Heart Association (probably similar to the more recent Taubes/Ornish/AHA episode). I'll never forget when the AHA representative admitted that they have known for decades that all fats aren't bad, but they made a conscious decision to demonize all fats in order to avoid confusing people.
Criminy! I'm not a conspiracy theorist, but stuff like that makes you wonder.
Dr. Gardner is coming around, though, since our conversation as I noted today in this blog post with some rather intriguing follow-up comments he made recently about his study. Check it out!
Hey Jimmy! Based on some other things I've read in this forum (including Simon's conversation with the Duke doctor), I guess results will continue to compete with politics for supremacy. It's good to see what Dr. Gardner had to say, though, and I'll keep up with your blog to see what others say in the future.
Thanks for the resource!
Thanks for the resource!
The science will someday supercede the politics of it all. One day...
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