The study analyzed the short and long term results of two types of popular diets . The battle was won with a diet low in fat.

Three years after they started the diet , obese people who have opted for the Atkins diet (low carb) have received almost all the lost weight back. On the other hand, people who followed low-fat diet continued to lose excess weight. However, none of the participants gained an enviable “modeling” line.

After three years, people who consumed little carbohydrate have been lighter for 2.27 pounds, while respondents from groups with low-fat weight loss goals lost almost 4.55 pounds.

They all were very overweight with a BMI greater than 43rd About 39 percent suffered from diabetes and 43 had metabolic syndrome – a constellation of symptoms that suggest arterial disease and diabetes in the future.

One group of patients started a diet and reduce calorie intake by 500 calories a day and eating no more than 30 percent of calories from fat, while the second limited carbohydrate intake to 30 grams per day (equivalent to two slices of bread), but did not reduce their caloric intake.

These  long-term results are totally opposite to the short-term, which the experts devoted several years ago.

A previous study in 2003. was conducted by the University of Pennsylvania where researchers inspected the short-term results of two diets. After six months, obese people have on average lost 5.91 pounds if they followed a diet with little carbohydrate, compared with,  subjects on a diet with low fat intake that lost 2.05 pounds.

 A diet with little fat as easily, “said Dr. Marion Vetter, director of the weight and eating disorders.

“The study further confirms that rapid weight loss leads to rapid recovery and weight.When you try to lose weight slowly, chances are that you will keep the new line, “says Sandon Lyon, professor of clinical nutrition.