Diets for weight loss : News Extract

The prestigious New England Journal of Medicine showed that people lost weight faster on a high protein diet than they did on a low calories mixed diet. Most scientists have been skeptical of the diet because they feared its high saturated fat and cholestorol content would promote cardiovascular disease. The diet not popular as it was two years ago. Most people who go on Atkins-type diets eat too many carbohydrates and take in more fat normal. Consequently, many end up gaining weight.

Eating more protein while following a low fat diet may be an effective weight loss plan. Australian scientists found that people following the diet lost more weight than those following a low calorie diet. The liver converts amino acids from protein into blood sugar, which help prevents hunger. A simple but effective strategy is to take a protein supplement with every meal (15 to 30 grams) which will prevent hunger and overeating.