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Article: High-fat Atkins diet impresses researchers; Surprise: Control group loses more weight than those on low-fat plan
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- Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
- Article date:
- November 20, 2002
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CHICAGO (AP) - Multitudes swear by the high-fat, low-carbohydrate
Atkins diet, and now a carefully controlled study backs them up: Low-
carb might actually take off more weight than low-fat and may be
surprisingly better for cholesterol, too.
For years, the Atkins formula of sparing carbohydrates and loading
up on taboo fatty foods has been blasphemy to many in the health
establishment, who view it as a formula for cardiovascular ruin.
But now, some of the same researchers who long scoffed at the diet
are putting it to the test, and they say the results astonish them.
Rather than making cholesterol soar, as they feared, the diet
actually appears to improve it, and volunteers take off more ...