FOUR COMPARED DIET PLANS

A lot of people engage in the diet plans. And it must be said that many of the proposed arrangements only accentuates this phenomenon. However, there is little data on their effectiveness and health consequences. For this purpose, four diets were compared.

The comparison was made on four plans: Plan Atkins are removed, including carbohydrates (pasta, rice ??). In contrast, fats and proteins can be consumed willingness Régime Weight Watchers Régime balanced low carb with decreasing portions and combining psychological assistance from meetings group. Zone diet poor in carbohydrates (with maintenance of glycemic index in some limitations) and rich in proteins.  Ornish diet  vegetarian and low in fat.

The 160 participants, aged 22-72 years were overweight or obese and also had hypertension, high cholesterol and / or hyperglycaemia. Divided into four groups, they were assigned to follow one of the plans for nearly two years. The after one year, weight loss was 2.1 kg with the Atkins diet and 53% of participants were still following this regime. For the Zone diet, the loss was 3.2 kg, with a membership rate regime of 65%. The Weight Watchers regime allowed a loss of 3 kg (65% adherence), whereas weight loss was 3.3 kg with the Ornish diet (50% adherence). The monitoring of each scheme was accompanied by a reduction of about 10% of the LDL / HDL ratio (bad cholesterol / good cholesterol). However, no significant effect was observed on blood pressure or blood sugar.

The authors find that the importance of weight loss was associated with the level of membership in the plan assessed by patients themselves, and name the type of regime.

In conclusion, every diet reduced comparably modest and body weight. But overall, and regardless of the type of plan, follow-up rate is low. However, any increase in membership in the plan is associated with weight loss and a reduction in cardiac risk factors, the most important.

Thus, it is not the type of diet that counts, but the fact of follow conscientiously long enough! We can also infer that too unbalanced diets (Atkins, Ornish) are more difficult to follow for similar results. We must therefore focus on dietary measures to rebalance power in the long term.