Atkins Diet hard to followThe US National Weight Control Registry concluded that fewer than 1% of people who had successfully lost weight had followed a low carbohydrate weight loss regime. This suggests that high protein diets like atkins or south beach diet, are not realistic for the achievement of long term weight loss. However, there have been reports of significant weight loss on high protein, low carbohydrate diets. The mechanism may have something to do with the effect fat has on gastric emptying. Fat can delay the emptying of food from the stomach into the intestine which in turn can make one feel full. This may result in less food being eaten (which may translate into a negative energy balance). Even though fat is very energy dense, the satiating effect of fat resulting in less food being consumed wins out over the energy density of fat. This hypothesis needs further exploration and research.
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