All Calories Created Equal?

kateistoned

I found this interesting study from the Journal of the American Medical Association:

http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1199154

"The findings:

In a study release in June 2012 it was determined that not all calories are created equal. The study was conducted on 3 groups of obese subjects. All three groups were given the same amount of calories.

“The first group of participants consumed an isocaloric low-fat diet (60% of energy from carbohydrate, 20% from fat, 20% from protein; high glycemic load).

The second consumed a low–glycemic index diet (40% from carbohydrate, 40% from fat, and 20% from protein; moderate glycemic load).

The third group consumed very low-carbohydrate diet (10% from carbohydrate, 60% from fat, and 30% from protein; low glycemic load) in random order, each for 4 weeks.

The study participants ate about 1,600 calories a day on each of the diets and the amount of calories burned was measured using state-of-the-art methods.”

The testing determined:

Group #3 (low carb/high fat/high protein) burnt the most calories and lost the most weight.

Group #2 (equal carb to fat with low protein) burnt about 150 calories less than group 3.

Group #1 (high carb, low fat, low protein) burnt the least amount of calories (300 calories less that Group 3) and did not lose as much weight as the other two groups."


And here is the article that mentioned this study that I also found interesting: http://www.nanp.org/news/?p=572

Just intriguing and wanted to share...

Allup2Me78

Group #1 (high carb, low fat, low protein) burnt the least amount of calories (300 calories less that Group 3) and did not lose as much weight as the other two groups."

Cld explain why I don't lose as good as I would like to! Thanks for this info!