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Fat Loss: Low Carb Beats Low Fat Again!

Dr Sears had this to say,

Did you see this in the latest news?                                                                                        

Eat It Today--Live It Tomorrow!

A new Harvard study found low-carb diets are better for fat loss. That’s great to hear and it’s a nice confirmation… but that’s exactly what I’ve been telling my readers for years.

A low-carb diet mimics our ancient ancestors’ diet. It’s what your body was designed for, and it’s the best tactic for long-term success.

You may believe this study vindicates the Atkins diet. And to some extent it does… but there’s more to the story. First, let’s have a look at this study:

Published in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine researchers at the Harvard School of Health compared three diets over a two-year period.

One group followed a “low fat,” calorie-restricted diet; the second got on a Mediterranean diet where they cut calories while eating fruits, vegetables and fats like olive oil; the rest ate an Atkins-type low-carb diet where calories didn’t matter, focusing on protein and fat coming mainly from fish, chicken and vegetables.

—the folks on it lost an average of just over 12 pounds. The “Mediterranean” dieters lost an average of 10 pounds. With the low fat diet, 7 pounds was about average.

And here’s the real kicker: in spite of what most doctors would have predicted, so-called “bad cholesterol” levels and blood sugar dropped the most on the Atkins diet and the least on the low fat diet.

A lot of health experts over at the American Heart Association should be eating some crow about now—the “low-fat” diet used in the study was based on the AHA’s recommendations.

I’m not saying Dr. Atkins was 100 percent right. There were a few things he did have wrong. But the criticism, resentment, and downright hostility he endured during his lifetime were completely undeserved. The results of the Harvard study are a tribute to his work and a rebuke to those who attacked him.

The problem with Atkins diet is fat. He never pointed out the differences. There are good fats and there are bad fats. But to Atkins there were just fats. And that’s a problem.

Today’s foods are too high in omega-6s – something Atkins never really explained. Back in the old days, a piece of salmon had an omega-6 to omega-3 ratio of 2:1. Now it’s 20 to 1. That’s bad news because omega-6s are inflammatory. And inflammation leads to disease.

You can eat both without counting calories or worrying over the weight scale, but you want to get them in the right ratio, about two parts omega-6 to one part omega-3. Commercial farming is the source of the problem so sticking to organic, wild sources will keep the right balance.

Of course, Atkins never talked about trans-fat either. That’s the man-made fat you’ll find in thousands of processed foods… bread, yogurt, ice cream, ice tea, cookies, just to name a some. If you see “hydrogenated” or “partially hydrogenated” and then the name of a particular oil, you know it contains trans-fat.

Food manufacturers love trans-fat because it gives food a longer shelf life – something that’s critical for all those fake-foods. But your body doesn’t know what to do with it. It’s completely foreign and your body has no way of coping.

The result is deeper inflammation and traumatized blood vessels – all of which ramp up your risk of heart attack and heart disease.

One other thing about maximizing the fat-loss effect of the Atkins diet… you can Switch On your body’s fat loss natural engine, and over-consume protein from healthy sources, preferably organic, grass-fed beef, free-range organic poultry, and wild-caught fish.

Here’s a short list of great protein-rich food, listed with a “protein rating.” We rate proteins by how complete they are:

Protein Rating:
Eggs…………..100
Fish…………….70
Beef…………… 69
Milk…………….60
Nuts………….. 48
Soya Beans…..47
Whole Wheat..44
Beans………….34
Potatoes………34

Eggs are the only source of protein that has a rating of 100 because they have every amino acid in exactly the ratio you need. They are nature’s “perfect food

June 13, 2009  Tags: American Heart Association, Ancient Ancestors, Bad Cholesterol, Calorie Restricted Diet, Cholesterol Levels, Dr Sears, Fat Loss, Fruits Vegetables, Journal Of Medicine, Low Carb Diet, Low Carb Diets, Low Fat Diet, supplement fat loss  Posted in: Fat Loss

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