That’s the figure I’m interested in…..is it 5 or 50% of the population?

Anyway, I had a couple false starts with AMD and am giving KMD a go (mainly to encourage and be a support to a loved on who is also going KMD).

Will probably start a blog to journal the experience….

Steve
Australia

The review article makes sweeping generalizations (is that redundant?) about cereals and legumes that may well be true for specified groups of people or the general population.

But I have no doubt there are INDIVIDUALS who do better with weight management if they restrict cereals and other carbohydrates. Throw them into a larger population for analysis, and their data will be swamped by the majority’s. Some of the evidence for this is at LowCarbFriends.com and the Active Low-Carber forum. These folks would tend to fail on the Advanced Mediterranean Diet and succeed on the Ketogenic Mediterranean Diet. Is this cohort 5% or 50% of the population? I don’t know.

[This carb-sensitive cohort that would do better on the Ketogenic Mediterranean Diet would also tend to succeed on Atkins, Protein Power, and perhaps Sugar Busters and South Beach. These have never been compared head-to-head in any scientific study. Atkins is the best-studied against Mediterranean and low-fat calorie-restricted diets: Short-term (2-3 mos) weight loss is better with Atkins, but not much difference between the groups when measured one year out.]

Regarding long-term health benefits of various eating styles, the Mediterranean diet has much more supportive evidence in it’s favor compared with low-carb diets. It’s more accurate to say we don’t know much about the long-term health effects of low-carb diets – they haven’t been studied as much as the Mediterranean diet.

Some would say vegetarian diets are the healthiest (see my recent review of “The Blue Zones”).

This entire month I’m reviewing here the potential health, longevity, and weight-management benefits of legumes, fruits, vegetables, and whole grains. Should be posting every other day, Lord willing.

-Steve

…..I’ve become more convinced as I go along that “traditional med” is the way to go. I’ve enjoyed reading the blog over time and seeing you question everything.

My question (in light of the quote above) is this:
Do we have enough evidence now that KMD offers an advantage – at least in the shorter term? An advantage that is, over calorie restricted “balanced” diet?

Or is the jury still out on that one also?

Steve
Australia