More good news for Atkins dieters

[Dookus]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=1419&e=5&u=/ap/20031013/ap_wo_en_he/na_med_us_low_carb_mystery&sid=95832457

FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida - The dietary establishment has long argued it's impossible, but a new study offers intriguing evidence for the idea that people on low-carbohydrate diets can actually eat more than those on standard lowfat plans and still lose weight.



Perhaps no idea is more controversial in the diet world than the contention — long espoused by the late Dr. Robert Atkins — that people on low-carbohydrate diets can consume more calories without paying a price on the scales.

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Skeptics contend, however, that these dieters simply must be eating less. Maybe the low-carb diets are more satisfying, so they do not get so hungry. Or perhaps the food choices are just so limited that low-carb dieters are too bored to eat a lot.


Now, a small but carefully controlled study offers a strong hint that maybe Atkins was right: People on low-carb, high-fat diets actually can eat more.

[supernova]

1. Fat and protein are more

statisfying than carbs, at least to me anyway. So I make sure I limit my carb in take most days. Or confine it to whole grains.

The whole "caveman/woman diet" is very appealing to me. It's also the way I at as a kid.