High-Protein Diet and Weight Loss

by WiredBerries Editors — February 4, 2008

The medical community as well as the media bounces back and forth in the argument for and against high-protein diets for weight loss. A new study reported in the January 2008 issue of The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition provides additional food for thought. The long-term effects of a high-protein (34 percent of their intake) versus high-carbohydrate (64 percent of their intake) diet were studied on 79 middle-age women over a period of 64 weeks. The researchers conclude that a higher protein intake appears to confer some weight-loss benefit. And the debate continues...