Study: Special Diets Don't Mean More Weight Loss
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Dieters looking for tricks to lose  weight got more bad news on Tuesday with the publication of a  study showing diets that restrict certain food groups do not  take any extra weight off.
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Atkins-style low carbohydrate diets are more effective for men than women, US researchers say. A third of the 15 men on the diet lost more than 10lbs with one participant shedding 25lbs while the weight loss among the 13 women was not as dramatic.
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More than 45 million copies of the books have been sold and everyone seems to be on it, but researchers said Friday that Atkins and other low-carbohydrate diets do not help people stay slim.
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Weight-loss surgery works much better than standard medical therapy as a treatment for type 2 diabetes in obese people, a study to compare the approaches has found.
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Popular diets such as Atkins and South Beach recommend eating low or no carbohydrates to lose weight. But not all carbs are created equal, and now evidence
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NEW YORK  - Research results suggest that a diet rich in low-fat dairy calcium boosts weight loss in overweight type 2 diabetics. "Such a diet should be tried in diabetic patients," researchers conclude, particularly in those individuals who have a tough time sticking to other weight loss diets.
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While the old maxim that every little bit helps rings true -- especially when it comes to weight loss -- a scientific review of commercial diet plans shows that the results are indeed just a little bit positive.
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NEW YORK  - Shedding excess pounds may restore some of the heart's youth, whether the weight loss comes from eating less or exercising more, the results of a small study suggests.
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People who order a low-calorie salad, or two, before they start their main course meal usually eat less, which might translate into weight loss.
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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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Looking for that perfect diet? Researchers have bad news -- all diets have just about the same result, and none of them are great, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.
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No one really knows which diets work and which are a waste of time, with the possible exception of Weight Watchers, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.
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TUESDAY, Nov. 23 (HealthDayNews) -- A diet rich in the type of carbohydrates that maintain a more stable blood sugar beats out a conventional low-fat diet in reducing the risk factors for heart disease and diabetes, according to a new study.
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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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Breast cancer is less likely to  return in patients who stick to a low-fat diet, according to a  study released on Saturday.
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Regular exercise is not enough to offset  the health problems associated with obesity -- but that  shouldn't stop people who are overweight from working out,  according to a study to be published in Thursday's New England  Journal of Medicine.
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A study of four popular diets found  that women put on the one with the least carbohydrates -- the  Atkins plan -- lost at least twice as much weight as those on  the others, researchers said on Tuesday.