Cornell Expert: French Diet A Proven Recipe For Weight Loss Failure
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Article Date: 25 Mar 2011 - 10:00 PDT
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David Levitsky, professor of Nutritional Sciences and Psychology at Cornell University, comments on the rising popularity of the French protein-centric, low-fat, low-carb Dukan Diet, the focus of a new book to be published in North American next month.
Levitsky says:
"We have had plenty experience with high protein diets for weight. Eating large amounts of protein will cause rapid weight loss, but its water and not tissue. One loses weight because high protein diets inhibit appetite, at least initially.
"In the long run, 6 months or more, the rapid weight loss disappears, and weight loss is no different from a calorically restricted diet. The evidence is also clear that rapid weight loss will not produce sustained weight loss."
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Where are all the thin people?
posted by Donna on 28 Mar 2011 at 8:29 amLevitsky is absolutely correct, these diets are worthless in the long run and only cause loss of water weight initially. High protein diets have been around for decades. If they're so wonderful, where are all the thin people?
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