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Could Your Genes Tell You Which Diet is for You?

From Jennifer R. Scott, About.com Guide   March 6, 2010

Tired of wondering which diet is the right one for you? Recent research says your genes may hold the answer!

As Ron Winslow recently reported in The Wall Street Journal, women who were found to have a genetic predisposition toward a low-carb diet lost more than two times as much weight as those who did not have the predisposition, but followed the same diet.

Study participants who were found to have a genetic makeup that favored a low-fat diet lost substantially more weight than women who did not have the same genetic makeup and followed the same low-fat plan.

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March 6, 2010 at 10:18 pm
(1) Paul says:

Were the women in the study blinded as to whether they were on the “good” matched diet versus the unmatched one, were the researchers?
http://healthjournalclub.blogspot.com/

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