Key to long-term weight loss for post-menopausal women may be eating more fruits and vegetables
No. That is not what this study shows at all.
The women were randomly assigned to either a lifestyle-change intervention group or a control group. The women in the intervention group regularly met with nutritionists, exercise physiologists and psychologists, while women in the control group were offered occasional seminars over the study period focusing on general women’s health. Participants in both groups self-reported their eating habits using a detailed questionnaire. At the end of the four years of the study, 57 percent of the intervention participants and 29 percent of controls had maintained at least a five-pound weight loss.This study shows women who try to diet lose more weight than women who don't. It shows nothing about which kind of diet is best. That was not a part of the protocol in any way, and the studies which have been done specifically on that factor show a low-fat high-carbohydrate diet LOWERS metabolism compared to a low-carbodydrate diet. Especially in post menopausal women who usually already have impaired glucose tolerance...
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