The Ideal Diet

In my Trolling around the internet I came across the The North American Association for the Study of Obesity

An abstract from an article written from their studies on hundreds of dieters who have successfully loast weight and kept that weight off contained the following

Still, only a minority consumes a low-carbohydrate diet. Despite changes in the diet over time, the variables associated with long-term maintenance of weight loss were the same: continued consumption of a low-calorie diet with moderate fat intake, limited fast food, and high levels of physical activity.

Now that was a surprise to me considering the uptake of the low carb diets such as Atkins and South Beach ... A recent TV programme put the success of the Atkins diet to the increase of protein which trigger the bodies "I'm full" response much earlier.. It also meant that your body stayed in the full state longer ....

Taking that a little further then having foods that are Low Glycemic(1) ,which also assists in you feeling fuller longer, along with a good intake of protein must be a good approach to longer term weight loss.... Complex carbs are not the enemy. Simple carbs like the sugars and processed flours we see so much of in our foods are .. That and our natural propensity towards such food stuffs....

(1)Not all carbohydrate foods are created equal, in fact they behave quite differently in our bodies. The glycemic index or glycemic index or GI describes this difference by ranking carbohydrates according to their effect on our blood glucose levels. Choosing low GI carbs - the ones that produce only small fluctuations in our blood glucose and insulin levels -