Fascinating. Note what the study confirms: given an equal amount of calories, people on low-carb diets lose more weight than people on high-carb diets. May I inquire what has become of the laws of thermodynamics? Did the scientists suspend them for the duration of the study? (That in itself should have caused headlines.)

It is a myth that an Atkins-style diet is high-protein. Relatively high-fat? Yes. But not high-protein. This was affirmed by Stefansson. On his all-meat diet, which he stayed on for a year, most of his calories came from fat, not protein, even if the volume of protein was greater.

I like this one: "'Perhaps it's weight loss that causes the positive results (in cardiovascular risk factors)...and it isn't dependent on the diet,' she said." If that is so, then it is overweight--not cholesterol and fat--that causes negative cardiovascular results. This is a major concession to our position.

Very interesting. We're making progress, folks.

Sheldon