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Study: Low-Calorie Diet Keeps Heart Young
On Fri, 13 Jan 2006 15:52:04 GMT, Ignoramus5478
wrote: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060113/...iction_study_5 The result: Those limiting caloric intake had the heart functions of much younger people ? typically about 15 years younger than their age. Fontana said simply consuming less food is not the answer. Members of the study group eat food resembling a traditional Mediterranean diet, focusing on vegetables, olive oil, beans, whole grains, fish and fruit. They avoid refined and processed foods, soft drinks, desserts, white bread and other sources of "empty" calories. This sounds to me suspiciously like the foods one might eat in the maintenance phase of any low-carb diet. For the general public, the researchers recommend a moderate reduction in calories, combined with moderate, regular exercise. OK, this is where I'm confused. If the people eating the above diet have heart function of people 15 years younger, why the hell don't researchers recommend *THAT PARTICULAR DIET*? They are only recommending to eat a bit less and exercise more. Jo Anne |
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Study: Low-Calorie Diet Keeps Heart Young
Jo Anne Slaven wrote:
: On Fri, 13 Jan 2006 15:52:04 GMT, Ignoramus5478 : wrote: : :http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060113/...iction_study_5 : :The result: Those limiting caloric intake had the heart functions of :much younger people ? typically about 15 years younger than their :age. : :Fontana said simply consuming less food is not the answer. Members of :the study group eat food resembling a traditional Mediterranean diet, :focusing on vegetables, olive oil, beans, whole grains, fish and :fruit. They avoid refined and processed foods, soft drinks, desserts, :white bread and other sources of "empty" calories. : : This sounds to me suspiciously like the foods one might eat in the : maintenance phase of any low-carb diet. : :For the general public, the researchers recommend a moderate :reduction :in calories, combined with moderate, regular exercise. : : OK, this is where I'm confused. If the people eating the above diet : have heart function of people 15 years younger, why the hell don't : researchers recommend *THAT PARTICULAR DIET*? They are only : recommending to eat a bit less and exercise more. : Come now....how many in the general public, who love to eat excessive amounts of food, are going to consider a low-calorie diet indefinitely? They don't recommend it because they know it will fall on deaf ears. (generally). |
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Study: Low-Calorie Diet Keeps Heart Young
"Jo Anne Slaven" wrote in message
... Fontana said simply consuming less food is not the answer. Members of the study group eat food resembling a traditional Mediterranean diet, focusing on vegetables, olive oil, beans, whole grains, fish and fruit. They avoid refined and processed foods, soft drinks, desserts, white bread and other sources of "empty" calories. This sounds to me suspiciously like the foods one might eat in the maintenance phase of any low-carb diet. Yep. The "real" Mediterranean diet was a Cretan diet that included a lot of greens, olive oil, fish, not so much grains. It's been misrepresented to be high in carbs - including pasta - and low in protein, but that isn't at all the diet that was noted to confer health benefits. For the general public, the researchers recommend a moderate reduction in calories, combined with moderate, regular exercise. OK, this is where I'm confused. If the people eating the above diet have heart function of people 15 years younger, why the hell don't researchers recommend *THAT PARTICULAR DIET*? They are only recommending to eat a bit less and exercise more. JoAnn, that always bugs me too. Apparently the medical community has a very low opinion of the public's ability to understand fairly simple nutritional concepts, and prefers to water them down to what they think folks will actually do. Stupid approach, and also ineffective. HG |
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Study: Low-Calorie Diet Keeps Heart Young
In article ews.net,
Hannah Gruen wrote: "Jo Anne Slaven" wrote in message ... Fontana said simply consuming less food is not the answer. Members of the study group eat food resembling a traditional Mediterranean diet, focusing on vegetables, olive oil, beans, whole grains, fish and fruit. They avoid refined and processed foods, soft drinks, desserts, white bread and other sources of "empty" calories. This sounds to me suspiciously like the foods one might eat in the maintenance phase of any low-carb diet. Yep. The "real" Mediterranean diet was a Cretan diet that included a lot of greens, olive oil, fish, not so much grains. It's been misrepresented to be high in carbs - including pasta - and low in protein, but that isn't at all the diet that was noted to confer health benefits. For the general public, the researchers recommend a moderate reduction in calories, combined with moderate, regular exercise. OK, this is where I'm confused. If the people eating the above diet have heart function of people 15 years younger, why the hell don't researchers recommend *THAT PARTICULAR DIET*? They are only recommending to eat a bit less and exercise more. JoAnn, that always bugs me too. Apparently the medical community has a very low opinion of the public's ability to understand fairly simple nutritional concepts, and prefers to water them down to what they think folks will actually do. Stupid approach, and also ineffective. The medical community is probably trained in nutrition for about twenty minutes. Nutrition is a key to better health and loss of potential patients. |
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Study: Low-Calorie Diet Keeps Heart Young
What would have been more interesting would have been to have a third
group for comparison that ate the same types of foods, ie mediterranean style, but at normal calorie levels. If you're really interested in the effects of calorie restriction, which is what they claim, then that is what you need to do to make any case. This seems so obvious, yet they didn't do it. |
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Study: Low-Calorie Diet Keeps Heart Young
On Sat, 14 Jan 2006 08:37:45 -0500, "Hannah Gruen"
wrote: "Jo Anne Slaven" wrote in message .. . Fontana said simply consuming less food is not the answer. Members of the study group eat food resembling a traditional Mediterranean diet, focusing on vegetables, olive oil, beans, whole grains, fish and fruit. They avoid refined and processed foods, soft drinks, desserts, white bread and other sources of "empty" calories. This sounds to me suspiciously like the foods one might eat in the maintenance phase of any low-carb diet. Yep. The "real" Mediterranean diet was a Cretan diet that included a lot of greens, olive oil, fish, not so much grains. It's been misrepresented to be high in carbs - including pasta - and low in protein, but that isn't at all the diet that was noted to confer health benefits. For the general public, the researchers recommend a moderate reduction in calories, combined with moderate, regular exercise. OK, this is where I'm confused. If the people eating the above diet have heart function of people 15 years younger, why the hell don't researchers recommend *THAT PARTICULAR DIET*? They are only recommending to eat a bit less and exercise more. JoAnn, that always bugs me too. Apparently the medical community has a very low opinion of the public's ability to understand fairly simple nutritional concepts, and prefers to water them down to what they think folks will actually do. Stupid approach, and also ineffective. To me, it reads like they are saying (while patting us on the head) "There's no reason for you proles to try to improve your health and extend your life. Here. Just eat a bit less. Everything will turn out fine." |
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Study: Low-Calorie Diet Keeps Heart Young
"Jo Anne Slaven" wrote in message ... To me, it reads like they are saying (while patting us on the head) "There's no reason for you proles to try to improve your health and extend your life. Here. Just eat a bit less. Everything will turn out fine." My EX-doctor, when I was at 364#: "You won't live to be 50 if you don't get that weight off and get it off soon! You need the assistance of this drug to get down to a safe weight to do surgery, and we need to do it as soon as possible!" His PA, a couple of weeks later: "Just eat more fruits and vegetables." -- Sherry 364/297/195 (4/3/05) http://lowcarb.owly.net |
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Study: Low-Calorie Diet Keeps Heart Young
The trouble with the study is... they don't say if people who follow the
Mediterranean diet but do not calorie restrict, also have the heart protection. They see one result, and they make an assumption, based on a group of 25 people. Jennifer Jo Anne Slaven wrote: On Sat, 14 Jan 2006 08:37:45 -0500, "Hannah Gruen" wrote: "Jo Anne Slaven" wrote in message . .. Fontana said simply consuming less food is not the answer. Members of the study group eat food resembling a traditional Mediterranean diet, focusing on vegetables, olive oil, beans, whole grains, fish and fruit. They avoid refined and processed foods, soft drinks, desserts, white bread and other sources of "empty" calories. This sounds to me suspiciously like the foods one might eat in the maintenance phase of any low-carb diet. Yep. The "real" Mediterranean diet was a Cretan diet that included a lot of greens, olive oil, fish, not so much grains. It's been misrepresented to be high in carbs - including pasta - and low in protein, but that isn't at all the diet that was noted to confer health benefits. For the general public, the researchers recommend a moderate reduction in calories, combined with moderate, regular exercise. OK, this is where I'm confused. If the people eating the above diet have heart function of people 15 years younger, why the hell don't researchers recommend *THAT PARTICULAR DIET*? They are only recommending to eat a bit less and exercise more. JoAnn, that always bugs me too. Apparently the medical community has a very low opinion of the public's ability to understand fairly simple nutritional concepts, and prefers to water them down to what they think folks will actually do. Stupid approach, and also ineffective. To me, it reads like they are saying (while patting us on the head) "There's no reason for you proles to try to improve your health and extend your life. Here. Just eat a bit less. Everything will turn out fine." |
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Study: Low-Calorie Diet Keeps Heart Young
"Jennifer" wrote in message
ink.net... The trouble with the study is... they don't say if people who follow the Mediterranean diet but do not calorie restrict, also have the heart protection. They see one result, and they make an assumption, based on a group of 25 people. That's a good point, Jennifer. These kinds of observations are good starting points for more definitive research, but that's all they are - starting points - because there are simply too many variables. Where they go wrong is applying findings inappropriately. And I guess we all know by now not to take too seriously a single study, nor ones as small as this. I tend to think that the group of people who are able to maintain such a low caloric intake is probably not representative of the general population in the first place. But... to be fair, the only way you'd get most of the general population to follow that kind of diet would be to put them in a prison camp and restrict their food. JoAnn, I can't figure out why the medical profession is so loathe to make the more stringent recommendations re diet that could actually do some good. I don't think they *really* want to keep people from getting well. It's something else and I'm not sure what. HG |
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Study: Low-Calorie Diet Keeps Heart Young
In article ews.net,
Hannah Gruen wrote: "Jennifer" wrote in message ink.net... The trouble with the study is... they don't say if people who follow the Mediterranean diet but do not calorie restrict, also have the heart protection. They see one result, and they make an assumption, based on a group of 25 people. That's a good point, Jennifer. These kinds of observations are good starting points for more definitive research, but that's all they are - starting points - because there are simply too many variables. Where they go wrong is applying findings inappropriately. In Toronto an allergist whose specialty is Immunology set up a study group of twelve to establish her theory that Multiple Chemical Sensitvities are linked to Panic Disorder. The MCS community was outraged as these findings were not refelective of the general conditons in the afflicted community. |
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