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Article: STUDY FINDS ATKINS DIET HAS SURPRISING EFFECTS.(News)
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- The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)
- Article date:
- November 19, 2002
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Byline: Associated Press
CHICAGO -- After years of dismissing the high-fat, low-carbohydrate Atkins diet, the medical establishment is at last putting it to a careful test and finding it might not be the nutritional folly they long assumed.
A small study released Monday found that contrary to expectations, dieters' cholesterol levels do not shoot through the roof, and they take off more weight - at least in the short term - than do people on a standard low-fat regimen.
"More study is necessary before such a diet can be recommended," said Dr. Eric Westman of Duke University. "However, a concern about serum lipid (cholesterol) elevations should ...