Meat Links to Weight Gain Regardless of Calories
Here’s an impressive study with 370,000 participants that
controlled for many variables and found that meat consumption
correlates with adult weight gain. More evidence to show people who
are still talking about the Atkins Diet.
http://www.vegsource.com/news/2010/07/meat-eaters
-pack-on-more-pounds-regardless-of-calories.html
07/21/10 - Losing weight isn't as simple as calories in,
calories out -- at least for those who eat meat. That's the
surprising result of a new study that links meat consumption to
long-term weight gain.
Researchers
out of Imperial College, London, tracked the dietary habits of
370,000 adults across Europe for five
years.
Those
who ate the least meat also gained the least weight. Eating an
additional 250 grams of meat meant an extra 4.4 pounds over five
years.
Because
meat is so dense in calories, it makes sense that vegetarian diets
would be lower in overall energy -- making weight management
easier. Surprisingly, however, this study actually controlled for
caloric intake and overall dietary pattern.
The
team also controlled for education, physical activity and smoking
habits.
In
other words, an adult consuming 2,200 daily calories with
relatively little meat would gain less weight than a peer with
similar intake eating more meat.
Bad
news for burger fans, but even worse for Atkins
adherents.
"More
importantly," the paper, published in the American Journal of
Clinical Nutrition, reads, "our results do not support that a
high-protein diet prevents obesity or promotes
long-term weight loss,
contrary to what has been advocated."