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Originally Posted by fishsandwich
In that video I posted about Obesity, they showed another study that compared Atkins to three other diets (some vegetarian one, WW, and the Zone) and found that it didn't matter which one was chosen, so long as it was adhered to. All groups who stuck with the diet lost equal amounts of weight.
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It may have been referring to this same study. It was called the A to Z study. It was something like Atkins, traditional, Ornish, Zone.
One of the things they were testing was how well people were actually able to follow the diet with minimal outside help. The Atkins group was the one that adhered best. The other 3 diets - as implemented by the dieters - ended up looking very much a like as far as their macronutrient ratios. (Ornish complained bitterly that his diet wasn't really tested, because the group on his diet failed to follow it properly.)
For the A to Z diet, they were able to sort the data according to whether the participants were insulin resistant or not. When you sort that way, the results are dramatic. Insulin resistant people do far better on low carb. Since I'm insulin resistant, it's not surprising I'd be in love with the low carb diet.
Personally I think this is one reason we get weird results on these diet studies. Different people have different metabolic issues.