"Both studies published in the Annals of Internal Medicine showed that after six months, the low-carb dieters lost more weight than the low-fat group.

But one of the studies showed that after 12 months, both groups had lost about the same amount of weight."


Ok, I lost 40 pounds doing Atkins in about 5 months. This got me to where I wanted to be. If another person, who needed to lose say, 50 pounds, lost those 50 pounds in one year following a low fat diet. Does this mean the low fat diet worked better than my low carb diet? After one year, the low fat dieter lost more weight, right? This is just one way people can be misled. Another thing that NEVER gets mentioned is that Dr. Atkins purposely tries to slow down your weight loss as you progress through OWL into pre-maintenance.