Diet High in Protein, Low on Glycemic Index Helps Prevent Weight Regain

A diet high in protein and low on the glycemic index appears to be optimal for weight control following significant weight loss, according to an international study in the New England Journal of Medicine.


Researchers randomized some 770 overweight or obese adults — who had recently lost at least 8% of their body mass — to one of five maintenance diets: high-protein/low-glycemic-index, high-protein/high-glycemic-index, low-protein/low-glycemic-index, low-protein/high-glycemic-index, or following their country's dietary guidelines.


At 6 months, the high-protein/low-glycemic-index diet group had lost additional weight (-0.38 kg), while the low-protein/high-glycemic-index diet regained the most weight (1.67 kg). Diets that were high in protein and low on the glycemic index had higher rates of study completion.


The authors conclude that a high-protein/low-glycemic-index diet "appears to be ideal for the prevention of weight regain."

do vegetarians live longer?

Mortality in British vegetarians: results from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC-Oxford)1,2,3,4
Timothy J Key, Paul N Appleby, Elizabeth A Spencer, Ruth C Travis, Andrew W Roddam, and Naomi E Allen
↵1 From the Cancer Epidemiology Unit, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.

↵2 Presented at the symposium, “Fifth International Congress on Vegetarian Nutrition,” held in Loma Linda, CA, March 4–6, 2008.

↵3 Supported by the Cancer Research UK, Medical Research Council.

↵4 Reprints not available. Address correspondence to TJ Key, Cancer Epidemiology Unit, University of Oxford, Richard Doll Building, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford OX3 7LF, United Kingdom. E-mail: tim.key@ceu.ox.ac.uk.

Abstract
Background: Few prospective studies have examined the mortality of vegetarians.

Objective: We present results on mortality among vegetarians and nonvegetarians in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC-Oxford).

Design: We used a prospective study of men and women recruited throughout the United Kingdom in the 1990s.

Results: Among 64,234 participants aged 20–89 y for whom diet group was known, 2965 had died before age 90 by 30 June 2007. The death rates of participants are much lower than average for the United Kingdom. The standardized mortality ratio for all causes of death was 52% (95% CI: 50%, 54%) and was identical in vegetarians and in nonvegetarians. Comparing vegetarians with meat eaters among the 47,254 participants who had no prevalent cardiovascular disease or malignant cancer at recruitment, the death rate ratios adjusted for age, sex, smoking, and alcohol consumption were 0.81 ((95% CI: 0.57, 1.16) for ischemic heart disease and 1.03 (95% CI: 0.90, 1.16) for all causes of death.

Conclusions: The mortality of both the vegetarians and the nonvegetarians in this study is low compared with national rates. Within the study, mortality from circulatory diseases and all causes is not significantly different between vegetarians and meat eaters, but the study is not large enough to exclude small or moderate differences for specific causes of death, and more research on this topic is required.

animal intake and colon/rectal cancer

Meta-analysis of animal fat or animal protein intake and colorectal cancer1,2,3,4
Dominik D Alexander, Colleen A Cushing, Kimberly A Lowe, Bonnie Sceurman, and Mark A Roberts
↵1 From Exponent Health Sciences, Wood Dale, IL (DDA, CAC, and MAR); Exponent Health Sciences, Washington, DC (BS); and Exponent Health Sciences, Bellevue, WA (KAL).

↵2 The National Cattlemen's Beef Association and the National Pork Board did not contribute to the writing, analysis, or interpretation of the research findings.

↵3 Supported in part by the Cattlemen's Beef Board, through the National Cattlemen's Beef Association, and the National Pork Board.

↵4 Address reprint requests and correspondence to DD Alexander, Managing Epidemiologist Exponent Inc, 185 Hansen Court, Suite 100, Wood Dale, IL 60191. E-mail: dalexander@exponent.com.

Abstract
Background: In the recent World Cancer Research Fund/American Institute for Cancer Research report of diet and cancer, it was concluded that there is limited but suggestive evidence that animal fat intake increases the risk of colorectal cancer.

Objective: To clarify this potential relation, we conducted meta-analyses across a variety of subgroups, incorporating data from additional studies.

Design: Analyses of high compared with low animal fat intakes and categorical dose-response evaluations were conducted. Subgroup analyses, consisting of evaluations by study design, sex, and tumor site were also performed.

Results: Six prospective cohort studies with comprehensive dietary assessments, contributing 1070 cases of colorectal cancer and ≈1.5 million person-years of follow-up, were identified. The summary relative risk estimate (SRRE) for these studies was 1.04 (95% CI: 0.83, 1.31; P for heterogeneity = 0.221) on the basis of high compared with low intakes. When data from case-control studies were combined with the cohort data, the resulting SRRE was 1.15 (95% CI: 0.93, 1.42) with increased variability (P for heterogeneity = 0.015). In our dose-response analysis of the cohort studies, no association between a 20-g/d increment in animal fat intake and colorectal cancer was observed (SRRE: 1.02; 95% CI: 0.95, 1.09). In a separate analysis of 3 prospective cohort studies that reported data for animal protein or meat protein, no significant association with colorectal cancer was observed (SRRE: 0.90; 95% CI: 0.70, 1.15).

Conclusion: On the basis of the results of this quantitative assessment, the available epidemiologic evidence does not appear to support an independent association between animal fat intake or animal protein intake and colorectal cancer.

fatter is better

I see fat people everywhere. They don't appear to be dying off but au contraire seem to be thriving. Here's 10 reasons to eat away. 1)AMERICANS FATTER THEN EVER BUT LIVING LONGER THEN EVER 2) Fatter cardiac patients are more likely to survive hospitalization and invasive treatments than thinner ones: J Am Coll Cardiol. 2006 Apr 4;47(7):1418-26. 2006 Mar 20. 3)Fat dialysis pt's more likely to survive than skinny pt's Hemodialysis International,K.Kalantar etal 4)You are 2 1/2 times LESS likely to die of acute heart failure IF YOUR FAT VS THIN AHJ Volume 153, Issue 1, Pages 74-81 (January 2007) 5)Overweight IS not associated with excess mortality K. Flegal JAMA Vol. 293 No. 15, April 20, 2005 6)Fat people get less osteoporosis. Nutrition. 2004 Sep;20(9):769-71. 7)Fat heart failure veterans have SUBSTANTIALLY lower mortality-AJM Volume 120, Issue 6, Pages 518-524 (June 2007)8) Overweight women over 65 have the lowest mortality -American Journal of Public Health, 10.2105/AJPH.2005.084178 9) -lower cognitive decline among overweight and obese people- NEURoLOGY September 19, 2007, doi:10.1212/01.wnl.0000285081.04409.bb)10)-decrease in morbidity and mortality with increasing body mass index (BMI)-The American Journal of Medicine - Volume 120, Issue 10 (October 2007)

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