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Ornish diet
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- What’s the Best Diet? - Dr. Weil, 6/11/04
- Four Popular Diets All Good for Weight Loss But Not Equal for Reducing Heart Disease Risk - Doctor's Guide, 11/10/03 -
"Patients were evenly
assigned to the Atkins diet (low carbohydrates), Zone (moderate carbohydrates), Ornish (low-fat vegetarian), or Weight Watchers (moderate fat) ... the heart disease risk score is based on the HDL/LDL ratio, and the "Ornish diet does not increase HDL, while the other diets do achieve significant increases in HDL,""
- I put the results in table form:
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At 12 months: |
| |
Weight decrease |
Framingham risk score decrease |
Insulin level decrease |
LDL decrease |
HDL increase |
% Completed study |
| Atkins |
3.9% |
12.3% |
7.7% |
8.6% |
15.4% |
52% |
| Zone |
4.6% |
10.5% |
16.5% |
6.7% |
14.6% |
65% |
| Ornish |
6.2% |
6.6% |
19.9% |
16.7% |
2.2% |
50% |
| Weight W. |
4.5% |
14.7% |
8.8% |
7.7% |
18.5% |
65% |
- 4 Popular Diets Heart Healthy - WebMD, 11/10/03 -
"the heart disease risk score is based on the ratio between LDL cholesterol and
HDL "good"
cholesterol ... The
Atkins and
Zone diets increased HDL by 15%, while Weight Watchers posted an 18.5% gain. But the Ornish diet increased HDL by just 2.2%"
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