Low-Carbohydrate Diets

Low-carbohydrate weight loss diets (low-carb) have been controversial. Several versions of a low-carb diet have existed for more than 50 years. Examples include the Air Force Diet, The Drinking Man's Diet, the Stillman Diet, and the original version of the Atkins diet. The most recent wave of interest in low-carb diets has included Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution, the Zone diet, and the South Beach diet, among several others. These have been controversial because the standard health professional's approach to weight loss for several decades has been a “low-fat” diet. Past evidence appeared to support low fat over low carb. More recent studies have found low-carb diets to be at least comparable and in some cases superior to low fat for weight loss and improvement ...