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[Best Syndication News] The Atkins diet was the first to make popular the low-carb diet that said it was OK to eat high fat foods so long as you eat low carbohydrates. This was also raising eyebrows with the medical community as to the safety of the diet. A study led by Dr. Steven Hunter from the Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast investigated the effects of the high-fat low carbohydrate diet and the results showed a significant increased risk for developing cardiovascular disease.

The research showed that even though there was weight loss and blood pressure numbers improved, the heart disease risk outweighs the benefits.

The study included obese pre-diabetic adults divided into two groups. One group eating 20 percent dietary fat and 60 percent carbohydrates, which is considered a low-fat high carbohydrate diet. The second group was assigned a high-fat low carbohydrate diet with 60 percent of their food being dietary fat and 20 percent of their food being a carbohydrate.

Both groups had benefits, they saw equal weight loss. The researchers did not see any differences in the way the body handled glucose uptake or production and saw the same meal tolerance-related insulin secretion. They did see a significant difference in the arterial stiffness and increase cardiovascular risk factors in the dieters that were on the high-fat low carbohydrate diet.

The high carb low-fat diet has been proven to be safe and Hunter recommends a person approach dieting in a the safest manner.

Dr. Hunter concludes: "If your New Year's resolution is to lose weight, make sure you do it the right way and don't burden your body with additional unnecessary health risks by falling for the lure of the seemingly easy and fast weight loss offered by high-fat diets. The best approach for your overall health is a low-fat high-carbohydrate diet, coupled with exercise."

By: Marlene Donor

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