For weight loss, you do not need to invent a special diet menu, you just need to reduce the amount of food you eat.

A study published in the Journal of Medicine of New England compared a variety of dietary options, including varying degrees of consumption of fats, proteins and carbohydrates. Scientists have seen that any reduction in calories helps to lose weight.

Dr. Frank Sachs, a professor of cardiovascular disease at the Harvard Academy of Health, together with colleagues collected 811 complete people for the study, while 40% of them were men.

They were offered to adhere to one of four diets:.

Low fat diet - 20% fat, 15% protein and 65% carbohydrate.

Low-fat, but protein-enriched - 20% fat, 25% protein and 55% carbohydrate.

A diet high in fat - 40% fat, 15% protein and 45% carbohydrate.

Fat and protein-rich 40% fat, 25% protein and 35% carbohydrate.

Consumption of saturated fat should not exceed in groups of 8% of the daily number of calories. In their diet included 20 grams of dietary fiber. The physical activity of the participants was 90 minutes per week.

For two years, volunteers adhered to the diet and were controlled by computer programs, about 80% of them came to the end of the test.

For six months, participants in each group lost an average of 13 pounds. Two years later, the average weight loss decreased to 6 - 7 pounds. The blood pressure and cholesterol levels also coincided in groups.

"In the end, none of the diets showed itself better," said the author of the study, and if you want to lose weight, you need to eat food useful for the heart and monitor the amount eaten.

Health. Sumy. Ua.