URBANA , Ill., Mar 18, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) -- A study financed by the
National Cattlemen's Beef Association suggests dieters can lose more fat by
choosing protein over carbohydrates.
Donald Layman, professor emeritus of nutrition at the University of Illinois at
Champaign-Urbana, said dieters who eat too many carbohydrates often end up
battling snack cravings, the Champaign News-Gazette reported Monday.
Layman study followed 130 people during four months of weight loss and eight
months of maintenance. The group that followed a moderately high-protein diet in
which 30 percent of their daily calories were protein-based, lost 38 percent
more body fat over 12 months than those who followed USDA dietary guidelines
that call for a diet that is 15 percent protein and 55 percent carbohydrates.
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