Low Glycaemic Index Diets The Most Successful In Fighting Obesity

Hardly.

Junk science and meaningless data.

"You have a greater possibility of losing weight if you eat a diet that is high in foods like lentils that release energy slowly once they have been consumed, rather than one that is high in foods that rapidly release sugar into the blood stream such as white bread, a Cochrane Systematic Review has concluded. "

Here is the technobabble to make you think that these experts know squat:

"When foods are eaten the body breaks them down into their components, and one component will be sugar. Different foods break down at different rates. Lentils, for instance, generate a long, gentle release of sugars, while foods like white bread send a sudden rush of sugar into the blood stream. Foods that release sugars rapidly are said to have a high glycaemic index -- those that release it slowly have a low glycaemic index. "

Here is the attempt to make you think they did due diligence:

"A team of Cochrane Researchers set out to search for carefully conducted research trials that looked at the effects of eating high and low glycaemic index foods. They found six randomised controlled trials that involved a total of 202 participants. The trials ran for between five weeks and six months."

Here is the crap:

"Their conclusion was that people eating low glycaemic index diets lost a mean of one kilogram more than those on similar energy high glycaemic index diets."

How much more weight according to these "researchers," assuming any?

Over 5 weeks to six months this amounts to between 1.3 and 7 ounces per week.

Do not believe the 7 ounces per week number. If this were true, then, in six months, dieters would have lost 11.375 pounds or 5.2 kilograms or 5.2 times more weight than the mean weight loss mentioned in the article.

Also, 5 weeks is way too short a time to evaluate a diet and there is no follow-up to determine when these low glycemic dieters quit and regained their weight.

Here is more crap:

"'Low glycaemic index diets appear to be particularly effective for people who are obese,' says lead author Dr Diana Thomas, the Scientific Director of the Centre for Evidence Based Paediatrics Gastroenterology and Nutrition, in Westmead, Australia."

"Particularly effective"?

Do not believe what you read from the experts at Caca-rane Systematic Review, or the others for that matter.

This garbage is from a press release from someone with something to sell, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.