Two Diets Beat Low-Fat in Study

In a study, people lost more weight on low-carbohydrate and Mediterranean diets than on a low-fat diet. Low carbs also led to better cholesterol numbers, researchers found. The study included 322 people. They worked and ate lunch together. About 85% stuck to the diets. After two years, people on the low-carb diet had lost about 10.3 pounds. The average lost was 10 pounds with the Mediterranean diet and 6.5 with the low-fat diet. The Associated Press wrote about the study July 17. It appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine.