Atkins Is Best Diet Around, Says Stanford University Study

[Guest guest]

_http://rawfoodgrrl.blogspot.com/2007/03/dean-ornish-explains-why-jama-dietary

..html_

(http://rawfoodgrrl.blogspot.com/2007/03/dean-ornish-explains-why-jama-dietary.h\

tml)

 

 

I think Standford is an excellent university, so it's surprising to see

this headline is a front page news today.

 

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/healthnews.php?newsid=64716

 

Another flawed study. This was only a short term (1 year) study and

only compared 4 diets - NONE of which are a well balanced raw vegan

diet, which I think is by far the healthiest. How can a study say a

particular diet is best when all the diets examined are unhealthy, and

healthy diets are excluded? That's like asking someone who they

think the best candidate for an election is - the Democrat or

Republican - while ignoring the Green and Libertarian candidates who

have all the best ideas.

 

This study is doing a disservice to the public. Now many people are

going to read this and think that it's healthy to eat a high meat, low

carb diet.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

I think Standford is an excellent university, so it's surprising to see

this headline is a front page news today.

 

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/healthnews.php?newsid=64716

 

Another flawed study. This was only a short term (1 year) study and

only compared 4 diets - NONE of which are a well balanced raw vegan

diet, which I think is by far the healthiest. How can a study say a

particular diet is best when all the diets examined are unhealthy, and

healthy diets are excluded? That's like asking someone who they

think the best candidate for an election is - the Democrat or

Republican - while ignoring the Green and Libertarian candidates who

have all the best ideas.

 

This study is doing a disservice to the public. Now many people are

going to read this and think that it's healthy to eat a high meat, low

carb diet.

[Guest guest]

Yep,

Unless you're sponsoring the study to get people to eat more animal products.

As I said earlier, you can get good information from almost any study if you are

clear on the purpose and research that were behind it. OK, maybe this one is an

exception ;-)

 

Nick Hein

Morgantown, WV

 

-

Josh

Wednesday, March 07, 2007 3:26 PM

Atkins Is Best Diet Around, Says Stanford University

Study

 

 

I think Standford is an excellent university, so it's surprising to see

this headline is a front page news today.

 

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/healthnews.php?newsid=64716

 

Another flawed study. This was only a short term (1 year) study and

only compared 4 diets - NONE of which are a well balanced raw vegan

diet, which I think is by far the healthiest. How can a study say a

particular diet is best when all the diets examined are unhealthy, and

healthy diets are excluded? That's like asking someone who they

think the best candidate for an election is - the Democrat or

Republican - while ignoring the Green and Libertarian candidates who

have all the best ideas.

 

This study is doing a disservice to the public. Now many people are

going to read this and think that it's healthy to eat a high meat, low

carb diet.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

I took a peak at this and noticed that they took unhealthy people and

found out this diet helped them the most of the diets they chose to

test. How you can interpret that as meaning this diet is the " best diet

around " is very illogical!

There's a saying in the accounting world that's appropriate

here: " Figures don't liar, but liars can figure. "

Ron

 

, " Nick Hein " <nick.hein

wrote:

>

> Yep,

> Unless you're sponsoring the study to get people to eat more animal

products. As I said earlier, you can get good information from almost

any study if you are clear on the purpose and research that were behind

it. OK, maybe this one is an exception ;-)

>

> Nick Hein

> Morgantown, WV

>

> -

> Josh

>

> Wednesday, March 07, 2007 3:26 PM

> Atkins Is Best Diet Around, Says

Stanford University Study

>

>

> I think Standford is an excellent university, so it's surprising to see

> this headline is a front page news today.

>

> http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/healthnews.php?newsid=64716

[Guest guest]

To come to the defense of the person that said what you wrote below....

Ron...Obviously you just " Took a peak " at the article becuase in line one it

states;

 

" According to a study of 311 women carried out by researchers at Stanford

University, USA, the Atkins diet is the best one around. "

 

Maybe before you make statements about lying, you should read the article more

carefully.

 

Ron Koenig <theveganking wrote: I

took a peak at this and noticed that they took unhealthy people and

found out this diet helped them the most of the diets they chose to

test. How you can interpret that as meaning this diet is the " best diet

around " is very illogical!

There's a saying in the accounting world that's appropriate

here: " Figures don't liar, but liars can figure. "

Ron

 

, " Nick Hein " <nick.hein

wrote:

>

> Yep,

> Unless you're sponsoring the study to get people to eat more animal

products. As I said earlier, you can get good information from almost

any study if you are clear on the purpose and research that were behind

it. OK, maybe this one is an exception ;-)

>

> Nick Hein

> Morgantown, WV

>

> -

> Josh

>

> Wednesday, March 07, 2007 3:26 PM

> Atkins Is Best Diet Around, Says

Stanford University Study

>

>

> I think Standford is an excellent university, so it's surprising to see

> this headline is a front page news today.

>

> http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/healthnews.php?newsid=64716

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TV dinner still cooling?

Check out " Tonight's Picks " on TV.

 

 

[Guest guest]

I wasn't calling them liars. I was using a figure of speech that applies

when someone tells facts in such a way as to mislead people into

thinking something that is not true. For example, if three people

competed against each other, someone would come in first, someone

second, and someone third. The person who came in third could

describe the person who came in second as the one who came in

second from the last, while boasting that he came in third from the top.

He is not lying, but gives the impression that he did better than the

person who came in second (because of false assumptions assumed

from his statement).

Now, if the title was " The Atkins Diet was the best of four diets chosen

in order to help women lose weight " it would be more truthful. There are

many different reasons for going on a diet. Diabetics have to adjust

their sugar intake in their diet. People who have had heart attacks are

advised to lower their fat intake to avoid another heart attack. To make

the blanket statement that the Atkins Diet is the best diet around, does

not take into account what a person's dietary needs are, nor can it be

true, because there is such a variety of diets that were not tested. And

because each individual's needs are different, what is best for one

person would not be best for another.

And I considered the women not healthy because they were all

overweight. If someone's health improves on the Atkins diet, I doubt

they were eating very healthfully to begin with, and thus, could not be

healthy. Again, we have to define what healthy is. Just because you

don't have a terminal disease and can function throughout the day, it

doesn't mean you are healthy.

I'm sorry if I conveyed a wrong impression with my post. I hope this

clears it up.

Ron

 

, Andrea Olson

<wholebodyharmony wrote:

>

> To come to the defense of the person that said what you wrote

below....

> Ron...Obviously you just " Took a peak " at the article becuase in line

one it states;

>

> " According to a study of 311 women carried out by researchers at

Stanford University, USA, the Atkins diet is the best one around. "

>

> Maybe before you make statements about lying, you should read the

article more carefully.

>

> Ron Koenig <theveganking wrote: I took

a peak at this and noticed that they took unhealthy people and

> found out this diet helped them the most of the diets they chose to

> test. How you can interpret that as meaning this diet is the " best

diet

> around " is very illogical!

> There's a saying in the accounting world that's appropriate

> here: " Figures don't liar, but liars can figure. "

> Ron

>

> >

> > http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/healthnews.php?

newsid=64716

>