Comparing Diet Plans
This is another intresting article I found on diet plans and which one works the best. The results may seem susprising!
"Michael Dansinger, MD, from Tufts University, conducted a study to find out which commercial diet plan worked the best. His conclusion is that most commerical diet plans and nutrition programs work equally as long as participants stick with them. Although one plan may appeal more to some people for personal reasons, the overall finding is that weight loss and maintenance is due to more exercise and fewer total calories.
People who stayed on their diet for a full year experienced the most weight loss. Study results showed a 6 percent weight loss for the Ornish program participants, a 5 percent weight loss for those on both Weight Watchers and the Zone diets and a 4 percent weight loss for Atkins dieters.
Even with a moderate weight loss, participants significantly reduced their heart disease risk -- by 5 percent to 15 percent on average.
For the study, 160 overweight people were randomly assigned to one of the four diets. They followed a supervised program for two months and were left to continue the diets on their own. After only two months, 22 percent quit the study. After a year, 35 percent dropped out of Weight Watchers and the Zone diets, and 50 percent quit the Atkins and Ornish plans.
The researchers said the study suggests there is no one-size-fits-all diet best for everyone and any diet can work if it helps someone eat less and lose weight.
So while this study does seems to conclude that any diet can work, the drop-out rate raises other issues. It may be that finding and sticking with a balanced approach to eating for life is still the best long-term solution to maintaining a healthy weight."
This article was taken direct from About.com: http://sportsmedicine.about.com/cs/nutrition/a/aa111103a.htm
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I'd agree a balanced diet is
I'd agree a balanced diet is the best way to go, although 'commercial' diet plans are pretty shitty.
I would like to see the difference between someone going to the gym with a 'commercial' diet plan vs someone going to the gym on a bodybuilders cut diet.
My thought would be that the bodybuilder's cut diet would blow the other diet away. Your body is kinda like a car, if you don't give it the right fuel it's not going to perform as well. So please don't just pick a random diet to go with, at least if your serious about your body. Be sure to go on one that's balanced like mentioned at the end of the article.
I know Alex's diet is awesome, he's just putting this article out here. It's a great read, but don't be mislead! Not all diets are the same!
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