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Ornish diet
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News & Research:
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Atkins-Like Diet Worse for Cholesterol Compared to South Beach, Ornish
Diets, Study Says - WebMD, 4/1/09 - "While on
the low-carb, high-fat diet, LDL cholesterol levels increased slightly,
compared to decreases of about 12% and 17% respectively, during the South
Beach and Ornish phases of the study ... After a month on the Atkins-like
diet, study participants showed less blood vessel flexibility than they did
after a month on the Ornish diet ... CRP levels remained in the normal range
with all three diets, but levels went down slightly while participants were
on the South Beach and Ornish diets and they went up slightly on the
high-fat, low-carb diet"
- Ornish: Why
Atkins Still Doesn't Beat Low-Fat Diet - Newsweek, 7/16/08 -
"A new study comparing the Atkins diet, a
Mediterranean diet and a low-fat diet published on July 17 in The New
England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), is likely to inspire headlines saying
that the Atkins diet is better for your waistline and your health than a
low-fat diet ... I believe this study is extremely flawed. Here's why: ...
funded in part by the Atkins Foundation ... quality of data in this study
..."
- 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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