Weighty finding on Atkins diet
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The popular Atkins diet may lead to weight gain, a study has found.
According to the Rovira i Virgili University in Spain, high-protein diets have nothing to do with weight loss in the long run, and cause health problems.
The diet regime encourages dieters to eat steak instead of bread and potatoes.
"Higher dietary protein intake is associated with long-term increased risk of body weight gain and overall death in a Mediterranean population at high cardiovascular risk," the Daily Mail quoted a researcher as saying.
"At the moment, no evidence supports the use of high-protein diets as a strategy to lose weight long-term. However, there is some evidence, including our study, showing the negative effect of a high-protein diet on other clinical outcomes."