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Wed, May-19-04, 14:55

Lisa N Lisa N is offline

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Originally Posted by EvelynS

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In the 6-months study by Yancy et al., the low carbers lost 9.4 kilos of fat mass, and 3.3 k of fat free mass. The low fatters lost 4.8k of fat mass, and 2.4k of fat free mass.

What this shows in percentages is that of the total weight lost, 35% of it was lean mass for the low carbers, but 50% of it was lean mass for the low fat group.

They weren't catching up at all; they were losing ground (and lean mass) and a faster rate than the low carb group.

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