New Study Suggests Low-fat Diets Aren’t Effective

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July 7, 2012

With Americans becoming increasingly overweight each year, weight loss is big business. This paves the way for any number of diet books and fads. Some of these are based upon sound scientific principles, while others may not work at all, or may result in a modest weight loss followed by rebound weight gain.

A preliminary scientific study — one neither large enough nor strong enough to be considered conclusive at this point — suggests that low-fat diets may be less effective than other weight-loss strategies from a metabolic perspective [1].

The study was conducted upon a very small group of individuals (21 in total) who had already lost some weight. The participants followed three different diets (in no particular order) for 4 weeks each: a low-fat diet, a low-glycemic diet, and a low-carbohydrate (Atkins-type) diet.

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