Over the years, Americans have believed that both low-fat and low-carb diets would actually solve obesity problems. But according to recent studies, this is not the case, at least if anyone wants to lose weight on a long-term basis.
Dr. Deidre K. Tobias of Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, also the lead author of the said research said that this whole suggestion of people going on these kinds of diet obviously didn't solve the whole epidemic concerning obesity. In an interview with Reuters Health, she also said that proof of these diets involving restriction on nutrients have actually been mixed.
The research that she and her team has done showed that "it needs to move beyond discussion of low-fat and low-carb," the Doctor stated. She pointed out that some do find success on doing it, but it is not for a long-term plan and not everybody was able to gain meaning out of it.
Another scientist jumped into this study proving Tobias' point and it is Dr. Kevin D. Hall from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases based in Bethesda, Maryland. He even published an opinion and editorial supporting the said research according to Business Insider.
Hall said, "They restricted diets to prescriptions at least one year in duration, and on that timeframe there was rather disappointing long-term weight loss."
He also added with his interview with Reuter's Health, "People start diets and do relatively well when they first begin over a month or two, then slowly lose steam as they relapse back to the way they used to eat."
It is quite interesting how food restriction can only lead to unsuccessful weight loss. Although, both these doctors didn't entirely say that those 2 diets were completely useless, their point was proved that they are just not going to work in long-term.
