9 diets discussed

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The Science Behind 9 Big Diets

From low-fat to paleo, here's what the latest research says about diets' effect on weight and health.posted about an hour ago

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Cutting out sugar is trendy right now — Tom Hanks and Alec Baldwin are drinks might strengthen people's genetic risk of obesity. However, other meat, has been getting good press for years. A 2011 Swedish study found that people who followed it lived longer than more carnivorous types. A form of the diet high in olives and olive oil alsoappears to be good for bone health. One caveat: this diet may be harder for low-income people to follow, since foods like fish can be expensive.

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7. Gluten-free

This diet is great for people with celiac disease, who have a variety of bad reactions to gluten. For others, there may not be any benefit. Several experts caution that going gluten-free doesn't necessarily lead to weight loss.

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8. Paleo

An effort to approximate what humans ate in paleolithic times, this diet centers on meat and vegetables and bans most grains and sweets. Most experts say there's not yet enough data to determine whether it affects weight or health. One biologist ">points out that human bodies are actually capable of adapting to their circumstances, so that eating the way we did thousands of years ago may not make any sense.

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9. No Diet

Lots of research (and anecdotal evidence) has shown that it's hard to keep weight off — according to one study, just one in six Americans who have ever been overweight is able to maintain significant weight loss. And Dean Ornish is now advocating that everyone eat with an eye to health — not necessarily weight loss.