Which Is The Best Diet Plan?

June 6th, 2007

Which Is The Best Diet Plan?

Author: Jerry Hall

Flip through any magazine, watch any TV channel, or just look
at any signboards along your drive to work, you will see that
our society is literally bombarded with all kinds of diet
programs, diet methods, and miracle diets. But how do we choose
which diet regime to follow? Every diet program has their loyal
followers who swear by the program.

But how do we know if we could ever achieve the same results as
promised by each diet program? With over 1,000 diet books
available on bookstore shelves, popular diets clearly have
become increasingly prevalent. At the same time, they have also
become, increasingly controversial, because some depart
substantially from mainstream medical advice or have been
criticized by various medical authorities.

A comparison of several popular diets by researchers showed
that at the end of the day, or in this case at the end of the
year, sticking with a diet–more than the type of a diet–is
the key to losing weight. Switching from one diet to the next,
hoping for quick results will not work. The body has to adjust
to the type of food and lifestyle we are changing for.

A study was done where 160 overweight or obese volunteers
participants were randomly assigned to use 1 of the 4 diets.
All participants were provided with the diet book and four
1-hour instructional classes to help them assimilate the rules
of their assigned diets. The 40 participants in each of the 4
diet groups were representative–in terms of age, race, sex,
body mass index, and metabolic characteristics-of the
overweight population in the United States.

The results of the study showed that whether volunteers
restricted carbohydrate calories or fat calories, or whether
they lowered intake overall, or balanced intake overall,
everybody lost weight. Ultimately, it comes down to calorie
restriction. The strongest predictor of weight loss was not the
type of diet, but compliance with the diet plan that subjects
were given.

The bottom line was that it wasn’t so much the type of diet
followed that led to successful weight loss, but the ability of
participants to stick with the program for the entire year’s
time.

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