Low-carb or low-fat, which is better?
Should you push away the bread basket at restaurants and banish the crackers to lose weight on a low-carb diet?
Or is cutting down on your fat intake the better option?
It’s a debate researchers have looked at for years. The latest study by Temple University’s Center for Obesity Research and Education found that you can lose just as much weight on both diets.
But a low-carb diet will raise your HDL or good cholesterol levels, showing there could be a little more of a benefit.
The two-year study followed the weight loss of more than 300 people – half on low-carb diets and the rest on a low-fat, low-calorie diet. At the end of the study the groups had almost identical weight loss.
The researchers said that focusing on long-term behavioral changes was more important than which diet you choose to lose weight.