Experts Say Low-Carb Craze May Be Over
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About a year ago, Dave Champlin and his two roommates lived in what their friends at the University of Missouri called the House of Fat. At a combined weight of 890 pounds, the three decided to try the Atkins diet. By sticking to the low-carb, high-protein diet, Champlin lost about 45 pounds and his roommates each lost between 50 and 60 pounds.
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The carbohydrate-slashing Atkins diet gained new scientific support Tuesday after a controlled test of four popular regimes showed Atkins followers losing nearly twice the weight of the closest competitor.
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A year-long, head-to-head study of four widely used diets found that overweight women who followed the very low-carbohydrate Atkins diet had no adverse health effects and lost slightly more weight than women on the other three diets.
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According to a new study, a low fat diet beats low carb when it comes to keeping weight off, in the long term. The research fuels the debate over the effectiveness of Atkins style diets.
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Low-carb dieters may be missing key nutrients when they eliminate or restrict certain food groups, according to health experts:
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IT is the so-called &quot;wonder diet&quot; which has seen millions of people shed weight while eating fatty foods. But experts today claimed that the fashionable Atkins diet probably only works because it is so boring.
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The biggest U.S. weight loss companies  are taking aim at the low-carb diet craze with new programs,  products and marketing campaigns they hope will boost  membership rolls and revitalize sales.
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ATKINS-style diets are the best for shifting pot bellies in middle-aged men, say researchers. Doctors found fat loss from the chest and stomach was three times greater on the low carbohydrate regimes than a low-fat plan.
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Modifying the consumption of different food-groups may keep body weight from creeping up over time, new research suggests.
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Half the world&#39;s diabetes cases could be eliminated by curbing the soaring number of people who are overweight, health experts said on Tuesday.
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The number of U.S. consumers on low-carbohydrate diets rose sharply in the first two weeks of 2005, but many Americans are likely to give up the diets as the year progresses, according to a new survey.
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Sorry, diet devotees calorie counters and carb cutters: Scientists say there&#39;s no proof that popular weight-loss programs help keep the pounds off.
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The company behind the Atkins Diet on Friday shrugged off a recent decline in interest in low-carb diets as a seasonal blip, and its marketing chief said consumers
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German researchers are testing a highly controversial theory, using a low-carb, high-fat diet to help the sickest of cancer patients
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More than 45 million copies of the books have been sold and everyone seems to be on it, but researchers say that Atkins and other low-carbohydrate diets do not help people stay slim.
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While teams of researchers argue over whether low-fat or low-carb diets work best to shed pounds, a local doctor is urging people to split the difference.
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Some nutrition experts think partial-whole-grain breads mislead consumers.