Compare and Contrast Low Carbohydrate Diets versus Low Fat Diets
The two largest and mainstream methods to lose weight are low carbohydrate diets and the low fat diets. The two are complete opposites of one another when it comes to each diet’s food options, the low carbohydrate diet that completely ignores the food pyramid limits that a person can have eating foods that are high in carbohydrates, such as bread, pasta and rice, while the contrary, the low fat diet which ensues the food pyramid limits a person cans have eating foods that are high in fat like milk, meat, and bean categories. Although both diets may sound completely opposite from one another, they additionally share similarities. Both the low carb diet and the low fat diet allege …show more content…
Seeing that the low fat diet has been around for a quite a while, numerous tests have been studied and it has been affirmed beneficial for a constant weight loss. Furthermore, according to an abundance of organizations such as BUPA, the low carb diet being relatively new has not been proven based on deep studies that it is good for long-term weight loss, “the long-term effects of the diet are still a mystery”. Previous participants of the low carb diets have said that they accomplished rapid weight loss but found it difficult to maintain their healthy weight. A research had been done at the University of Pennsylvania in the month of July last year which 64 people had been randomly appointed to either the low fat diet or the low carb diet (Atkins). The low carbohydrate group seemed to have lost the most weight in the first six months but ended up with no difference with the low fat diet after one year (Barrett, sec.2 par. 8). This draws to a close that even though people dieting on the low carb diet experience faster weight loss during the beginning of their diet as to the people dieting on the low fat diet, the final results end up the same in both diets after one year. There is not much of a difference between the two diets when it comes to achieving
The two largest and mainstream methods to lose weight are low carbohydrate diets and the low fat diets. The two are complete opposites of one another when it comes to each diet’s food options, the low carbohydrate diet that completely ignores the food pyramid limits that a person can have eating foods that are high in carbohydrates, such as bread, pasta and rice, while the contrary, the low fat diet which ensues the food pyramid limits a person cans have eating foods that are high in fat like milk, meat, and bean categories. Although both diets may sound completely opposite from one another, they additionally share similarities. Both the low carb diet and the low fat diet allege …show more content…
Seeing that the low fat diet has been around for a quite a while, numerous tests have been studied and it has been affirmed beneficial for a constant weight loss. Furthermore, according to an abundance of organizations such as BUPA, the low carb diet being relatively new has not been proven based on deep studies that it is good for long-term weight loss, “the long-term effects of the diet are still a mystery”. Previous participants of the low carb diets have said that they accomplished rapid weight loss but found it difficult to maintain their healthy weight. A research had been done at the University of Pennsylvania in the month of July last year which 64 people had been randomly appointed to either the low fat diet or the low carb diet (Atkins). The low carbohydrate group seemed to have lost the most weight in the first six months but ended up with no difference with the low fat diet after one year (Barrett, sec.2 par. 8). This draws to a close that even though people dieting on the low carb diet experience faster weight loss during the beginning of their diet as to the people dieting on the low fat diet, the final results end up the same in both diets after one year. There is not much of a difference between the two diets when it comes to achieving