Re: Consumer Reports weighs in on popular diets
Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD
http://HeartMDPhD.com/HolySpirit/overweight.asp
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Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD
http://EmoryCardiology.com
"Unlike the 2PD-OMER Approach, weight loss diets can't be combined
with well-balanced diets."
http://HeartMDPhD.com/Love/TheTruth
On May 12, 9:45 pm, "Sith Lord of Donuts" <dun...@donuts.com> wrote:
> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18496858/
>
> Consumer Reports weighs in on popular diets
> Smart diet strategies based on science and lifestyle shift, not strict rules
>
> By Linda Carroll
> MSNBC contributor
> Updated: 5:18 p.m. CT May 7, 2007
> You've done the cabbage-soup diet, the grapefruit regimen, even the
> ice-cream plan. You've banned carbs and slashed fats from the menu. Still
> those stubborn excess pounds taunt away every time you pass a mirror.
>
> In the end, the strategy many of us have been using - labeling some foods as
> evil and others as good - may be part of what's undermined repeated attempts
> at weight loss, according to a new in-depth analysis of diets and dieting by
> a panel of nutrition experts published in this month's issue of Consumer
> Reports.
>
> The new report rated eight diet plans based on the results of clinical
> trials and critiqued seven popular diet books based on the quality of the
> meal plans, ease of use, whether they incorporated exercise and the validity
> of the nutritional science.
>
> A relative newcomer, Volumetrics, scored the highest among the diet plans
> for helping dieters lose the most weight. Although the regimen, which
> emphasizes low energy-density foods such as bulky veggies, spawned the book
> "The Volumetrics Eating Plan," it's lumped with diet plans, not books,
> because it is based on experiments and scientific evidence. Volumetrics is
> followed by the big-name calorie-counting plans Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig
> and Slim-Fast.
>
> When it came to popular dieting books, "The Best Life Diet" - an
> Oprah-endorsed best seller -led the pack. The panel of nutrition experts
> liked its straightforward recipes and nutritional meal plans.
>
> Rounding out the top four were:
>
> "Eat, Drink, & Weigh Less" - praised for its Mediterranean recipes but
> faulted for spending too little time on exercise.
> "You: On a Diet" - lauded for its simplicity but lacking in details and
> flexibility.
> "The Abs Diet" - the experts liked the emphasis on exercise but dinged the
> book for pushing whey supplements.
> The ratings are intended to help dieters figure out a place to start, says
> Nancy Metcalf, Consumer Reports' senior project editor. "There's no such
> thing as the perfect diet for everyone," Metcalf adds. "You've got a better
> chance of doing better on one of the higher-rated diets."
>
> People on these higher-ranked weight-loss plans shed more pounds and were
> more likely to stick with those diets.
>
> Currently 41 percent of Americans are trying to lose weight, while 63
> percent say that they have dieted at some point in their lives, according to
> a separate survey being released by Consumer Reports. And ultimately, though
> weight-loss plans are big business, the vast majority of dieters - more than
> two-thirds - do it on their own, the survey found. Another 16 percent are
> enrolled in free weight-loss programs, while 8 percent have signed up for
> paid programs.
>
> Budgeting calories
>
> Top-scoring diets and plans offered weight-loss strategies that included
> nutritionally balanced menus and avoided demonizing or glorifying any
> specific types of food. That's important, experts say, because most people
> fail with very restrictive diets because they can't stick with them.
>
> "They get bored and feel deprived," says Wahida Karmally, director of
> nutrition at the Irving Center for Clinical Research at New
> York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center. "Rather than
> bashing certain foods, I tell my patients to budget their calories so they
> can still have small servings of their favorite foods."
>
> Volumetrics, the eating plan that focuses on foods with fewer calories per
> bite, was designed by nutrition researchers at Penn State, led by Barbara
> Rolls, who also writes for MSNBC.com's Chew on This column.
>
> 8 strategies to shave off pounds
>
> 1. Eat breakfast.
>
> 2. Eat less fat and make sure the fats you do eat are healthy. This means
> eschewing trans fats while focusing on monosaturated fats and omega-3 oils.
>
> 3. Follow a healthy menu by boosting the amount of fruits and vegetables in
> your diet and consuming small amounts of lean meat, fish, healthy fats and
> whole grains. Stay away from refined grains, potatoes, full-fat dairy
> products and foods with added sweeteners.
>
> 4. Exercise, exercise, exercise. The only way working out will add up to
> significant weight loss is if you spend 60 to 90 minutes per day. And the
> exercise has to be at least of moderate intensity.
>
> 5. Cut back on carbs.
>
> 6. Fill up on low energy density foods, that is, those that contain fewer
> calories per mouthful.
>
> 7. Do a regular weigh-in. Successful dieters weigh themselves at least once
> a week.
>
> 8. Limit your selections. Variety tends to stimulate appetite.
>
> Source: Consumer Reports
>
> Rolls' team conducted trials and figured out that when people opt for low
> energy-density foods like fruits and veggies they can fill up on fewer
> calories.
>
> "This is a well-researched diet," Karmally says. "It is important to
> understand the strategy of how you can feel satiated by increasing your
> volume of food that is low in calories. You need to know that a pound of
> vegetables will fill you up as much as a pound of cake - but the cake has a
> lot more calories while the vegetables are full of nutrients."
>
> Although Weight Watchers scored second among the eating plans, slightly
> ahead of Jenny Craig and Slim-Fast, it has the highest long-term adherence -
> better even than Volumetrics.
>
> This isn't a surprise to Nina Beyer, who is a true dieting success story,
> having lost more than 100 pounds five years ago and kept it off.
>
> Beyer and her husband signed up for Weight Watchers after he was turned down
> by a life insurance company because he was obese. Beyer says she'd tried
> dieting over the years, but had never lost more than 20 pounds at a time,
> and always gained the weight back.
>
> "I don't think I could have lost the weight without Weight Watchers," says
> Beyer. "Even though I'm an intelligent, educated person, I didn't have the
> tools. They taught me portion control."
>
> The easy-to-use system for scoring foods helped put the day's choices in
> perspective, says the 46-year-old veterinarian from Mantua, N.J. "I never
> thought I was eating that much. But then to find out that a Dove Bar is 16
> points and my day's allotment is 28 points. I'm thinking, I just ate a Dove
> Bar and that's more than half of what I get for the day. What am I doing?"
>
> Karmally and other experts argue that one important ingredient in any diet
> plan is a method to calculate calories consumed. She blames much of the
> nation's obesity problem on confusion about serving sizes and marketing that
> promotes the value of large servings.
>
> Even though plans like Volumetrics and Weight Watchers have their success
> stories, that doesn't mean that they will work for everyone, says Dr. Naomi
> Neufeld, a clinical professor of pediatrics at the David Geffen School of
> Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles. It's very individual,
> she adds.
>
> Looking for a good fit
>
> Sometimes it can take a few tries to find the right plan.
>
> Brooke Fike-Carlson knew she needed to get serious after gaining 60 pounds
> during her second pregnancy. The Atkins diet looked appealing because there
> were no restrictions on meat and fats. All told, she lost 37 pounds while on
> the carb-cutting plan, which brought the 5-foot 9-inch horse trainer down to
> a slim 160 lbs.
>
> She was happy. The diet, she says, didn't feel like a diet.
>
> "It truly was the best," remembers the 42-year-old Morgan Hill, Calif.,
> woman. "I ate as much meat and cheese as I wanted. I ate butter and ice
> cream."
>
> But, like many others, Fike-Carlson couldn't stick with the restrictive
> eating plan. "I couldn't keep it up," she says. "I wanted chips with my
> Mexican food. I wanted french fries and bread."
>
> And over the next year all the weight - plus a few more pounds - came back.
>
> Fike-Carlson tried Weight Watchers next, but gave up after a few weeks
> because she felt hungry all the time.
>
> In the end, what worked was exercise.
>
> For the past four years, Fike-Carlson has hit the gym three times a week for
> three hours a day. One hour is spent on the weight machines, one hour doing
> aerobic exercise and another hour doing crunches and other body-toning
> exercises.
>
> "Now I can eat pretty much what I want," she says.
>
> What separates the best plans and books is their focus on lifestyle change
> rather than an attempt to lose weight through short-term changes with a
> restrictive diet, experts say.
>
> That's because so many people lose weight only to gain it back when they go
> back to eating the way they once did. Better plans included regular
> exercise, menus with balanced meals and strategies for dieters to keep
> calories permanently under control.
>
> Going it alone
>
> Consumer Reports gave lower marks to diet plans and books that were
> needlessly restrictive or too elaborate.
>
> For instance, the lowest-ranked three books were "The South Beach Diet,"
> "The Sonoma Diet" and "Ultra-Metabolism." Among diet plans, the bottom four
> were eDiets, the Zone Diet, the Ornish Diet and the Atkins diet. The
> experts were concerned about lack of long-term adherence for several of
> these plans.
>
> The report also gave a thumbs down to three popular dieting strategies -
> diet pills, "angel and devil foods," and plans based on glycemic index,
> which scores foods according to how quickly they boost blood sugar levels -
> arguing that there's no good science to support any of them.
>
> For the many dieters who choose to go it on their own, Consumer Reports
> offered strategies and tips, many coming from what are known as "successful
> losers." These are people, like Nina Beyer, who have lost at least 30
> pounds and kept the weight off for a year or more and who have signed up
> with the National Weight Control Registry.
>
> Based on information gleaned from participants in the National Weight
> Control Registry, Consumer Reports admonishes dieters against skipping
> breakfast and ...
>
> read more »
Vinko Bogataj
wrote:
> Thankfully, the 2PD-OMER Approach is not a diet:
>
> http://HeartMDPhD.com/HolySpirit/overweight.asp
>
> Now comes with a million-dollar guarantee:
>
> http://TruthRUS.org/Guarantee
>
> Prayerfully in Jesus' awesome love,
>
> Andrew <><
> --
>
> "Unlike the 2PD-OMER Approach, weight loss diets can't be combined
> with well-balanced diets."http://HeartMDPhD.com/Love/TheTruth
Hawki
"Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD" <lo...@thetruth.com> wrote in message
news:1179535038.6...@l77g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...
Thankfully, the 2PD-OMER Approach is not a diet:
http://HeartMDPhD.com/HolySpirit/overweight.asp
Now comes with a million-dollar guarantee:
but first one has to send you a check for $30????
LOL LOL
what a pathetic being you are Andy...sorry we share the same
profession....you are far from resembling a professional...
you are a sham..
Father Haskell
> On May 18, 8:37 pm, "Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD" <l...@thetruth.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Thankfully, the 2PD-OMER Approach is not a diet:
>
> >http://HeartMDPhD.com/HolySpirit/overweight.asp
>
> > Now comes with a million-dollar guarantee:
>
> >http://TruthRUS.org/Guarantee
>
> > Prayerfully in Jesus' awesome love,
>
> > Andrew <><
> > --
> > Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhDhttp://EmoryCardiology.com
>
> > "Unlike the 2PD-OMER Approach, weight loss diets can't be combined
> > with well-balanced diets."http://HeartMDPhD.com/Love/TheTruth
>
Report it to Consumers Union while you're at it. They do NOT take
kindly to having their good name used as commercial endorsement.
http://www.consumersunion.org/
Doctor Death's revolutionary views on tobacco addiction alone should
be grounds for a certified letter via CU's legal department. Hey,
Andy --
do you recommend Pall Malls, Chesterfields, Luckies, or Marlboro
Reds with the filters torn off? Because if you don't desist, you
just
might need a 6 months' supply.
Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD
> Andrew, in the Holy Spirit, boldly wrote:
>
> Thankfully, the 2PD-OMER Approach is not a diet:
>
> http://HeartMDPhD.com/HolySpirit/overweight.asp
>
> Now comes with a million-dollar guarantee:
>
> http://TruthRUS.org/Guarantee
>
> but first one has to send you a check for $30????
No.
The guarantee is free as is use of the Approach.
Truth is simple.
You remain in my prayers, dear neighbor Hawki whom I love
unconditionally.
Prayerfully in Jesus' awesome love,
Andrew <><
--
Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD
http://EmoryCardiology.com
"Unlike the 2PD-OMER Approach, weight loss diets can't be combined
with well-balanced diets"
Father Haskell
<ach...@emorycardiology.com> wrote:
http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/aboutus/adviolation/index.htm
The Great Snatch Hound
<ach...@emorycardiology.com> wrote:
> > Now comes with a million-dollar guarantee:
>
> >http://TruthRUS.org/Guarantee
>
> > but first one has to send you a check for $30????
>
> No.
LIE
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TOS abuse
Care to try to lie yourself out of this one, Quackie?