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... over six months, 351 adults with high cholesterol were told at doctor visits to follow either a vegetarian diet, or a low-fat diet focusing on low-fat dairy, whole grain cereals, fruit and vegetables ... the study found that a diet of plant-based fat and protein such as soy, fibre, and nuts did better at lowering levels of ldl than a diet low in saturated fats such as low fat dairy ... in contrast, those who followed a more standard cholesterol-lowering diet reduced their ldl levels by an average of just 3%

... the study used laboratory rats that were fed either a high-fat or low-fat diet of chow ... for rats on the high-fat diet, the group that ate both types of potato chips consumed more food, gained more weight and developed more fatty tissue than the rats that ate only the high-calorie chips ... “based on this data, a diet that is low in fat and calories might be a better strategy for weight loss than using fat substitutes,” swithers said ... there is some good news if a diet is naturally low in fat ... the rats that were fed a low-fat diet didn’t experience significant weight gain from either type of potato chips ... however, when those same rats were switched to a high-fat diet, the rats that had eaten both types of potato chips ate more food and gained more weight and body fat than the rats that had eaten only the high-calorie chips

... dairy products have become a target for food policy makers eager to put their populations on a low-fat diet but there is some debate about how best to achieve this and whether it is really desirable ... change the diet of the cow to give people a healthier dairy diet the food standards agency (fsa) in the uk has been campaigning to persuade people to switch to one per cent fat milk ... fats certainly have a high calorific load and reducing them in the diet could play a key role in tackling obesity and poor health

... past research has shown that as long as you burn more calories than you eat, you can slim down in the short term no matter what diet you try ... the adults had already lost on average 24 pounds after two months on a low-fat diet and the researchers thought getting their family involved would help keep them on track ... the fifth was a control diet consisting of moderate protein, but no limit on carbs ... fewer adults on the high-protein, low-carb diet dropped out of the study, suggesting that they were able to stick with it ... with a higher protein diet, "you don't need to tell people that they should eat less ... various food makers and diet companies donated food and products ... "a diet that could effectively prevent weight regain over the long term would have major public health significance," they wrote

... over the long term, a low-carb diet works just as well as a low-fat diet at taking off the pounds — and it might be better for your heart, new research suggests ... but those on the low-carbohydrate diet got a bigger boost in their so-called good cholesterol, nearly twice as much as those on low-fat ... the key difference was in hdl, or good cholesterol: a 23 percent increase from low-carb dieting compared to a 12 percent improvement from low-fat, said gary foster, director of temple university's center for obesity research and education, who led the federally funded study ... "for a diet, that's pretty impressive," foster said ... half followed a low-carb diet modeled after the atkins' plan and half went on a low-calorie, low-fat diet ... after two years, there was no major differences between diet groups, except in good cholesterol ... why the low-carb diet had a bigger effect on good cholesterol isn't known, the researchers said ... as low-carb plans became popular, experts feared the diet would drive up the risk of heart disease because it allows more fat ... "these are results we should have a lot of confidence in," said yancy, who has done similar diet research but was not involved in the study ... foster, the study leader, said dieters should be less concerned about which diet to use, and focus on finding the support or technique — like writing down what they eat — that keeps them on track

... published in the february issue of diabetes care, the study concluded that eating 2 ounces of walnuts, about 16 to 22 halves, every day as part of a normal diet may improve cardiovascular health in people with type 2 diabetes ... "the research team found that endothelial function improved significantly when people consumed the walnut-enriched diet for 8 weeks, compared to when they followed their normal diets ... additional research has confirmed that when walnuts are eaten as part of a low-fat diet, the results show more heart protection for diabetic patients than can be achieved by simply lowering the fat content of the diet ... however due to daily diet counseling and guidance the group did not gain weight, indicating that even for people for whom weight gain is a risk to their health, walnuts can be a part of a healthy diet

... flaxseed has been the focus of increased interest in the field of diet and disease research due to the potential health benefits associated with some of its biologically active components: oil containing approximately 59 per cent a-linolenic acid (ala) and the presence of plant lignan secoisolariciresinol diglycoside (sdg) ... another small clinical study, note the reviewers, showed that prostate cancer cell proliferation decreased and apoptosis increased in men fed 30 g of flaxseed per day, and they reported that a subsequent study by the same researchers supported the role of flaxseed in combination with a low-fat diet as a means to control prostate growth ... similar findings were observed in postmenopausal women fed a 40 g/d flaxseed fortification diet (lemay and others 2002),” they stated

... a diet rich in foods containing omega-3 oil may reduce a woman’s risk of developing endometriosis, while a diet heavily laden with trans fats might increase the risk of developing the condition, according to a new study published in the journal human reproduction ... the study found while the total amount of fat in the diet did not matter, the type of fat did ... the findings also provide more evidence that a low-fat diet is not necessarily the healthiest and further bolster the case for eliminating trans fats from the food supply, said the study's leader, dr

... that's the pitch behind a new test that claims to show whether people will do better on a low-fat or a low-carb weight loss plan ... the latest trend is to connect genes to lifestyle counseling, determining what type of diet or exercise is best ... that's what the maker of the new diet test hopes to do ... the company then hired stanford researchers to do a validation study of its $149 test, using people who took part in diet research that was published in 2007 ... that study tested four diets - atkins (ultra-low-carb), the zone (low-carb), ornish (very low-fat) or a low-fat diet following the federal food pyramid ... about one-third of the original participants, 138 women, sent cheek swabs with their dna to interleukin, which tagged them as "low-carb appropriate" or "low-fat appropriate ... sticking with a diet is more important than what diet you choose, as is not regaining weight, eckel said ... more recently, she has been on a high-protein diet and weighs 180

... following a low-carb diet can induce weight loss, but it can also significantly raise low-density lipoprotein (ldl) cholesterol and free fatty acids (ffas), according to a new study from the university of colorado (am j clin nutr ... researchers aimed to compare the effect of a low-carbohydrate diet (20 g/d) with a high-carbohydrate diet (55 percent of total energy intake) on fasting and hourly metabolic variables during active weight loss ... healthy, obese adults (n = 32; 22 women, 10 men) were randomly assigned to receive either a carbohydrate-restricted, high-fat diet; or a calorie-restricted, low-fat diet for six weeks ... however, iin the low-carb, ldl levels increased 12 mg per deciliter on average; while the high-carb diet group showed a 7 mg per deciliter decrease