| Description | There exists a group of individuals, whose ranks spread across theglobe, who earnestly believe in a theory known as the ‘metabolicadvantage’. This term was popularized by the late Dr. Robert Atkins,who claimed it was possible to gain weight on a high-carbohydratediet but lose weight on a low-carbohydrate diet even when the 2 dietscontained the exact same number of calories[1].Atkins’ theory has never been validated. In fact, repeated metabolicward studies – the most tightly controlled type of dietary study – haverepeatedly shown no difference in fat loss among low- and highcarbohydratediets of identical caloric content. |
