WebWas Dr. Atkins Right? Hunninghake DB, Stein EA, Dujovne CA, et al. All three diets reduced blood pressure, total and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels, and estimated coronary heart disease risk. 1990;322:1053-1059. Taubes G. What if its all been a big fat lie? Bonow RO, Eckel RH. In our randomized controlled Lifestyle Heart Trial, HDL cholesterol did not increase but patients showed regression of coronary atherosclerosis after one year, even more improvement after five years, and a 300 percent improvement in myocardial perfusion (blood flow to the heart) as measured by cardiac PET scans. The Diet Fight: Atkins Vs. Ornish - RetailWire Potential benefits and risks have not been tested adequately. J Clin Invest. 1993;328:1213-1219. Both eating plans recommend avoiding saturated fat from animal proteins and full-fat dairy. 4) Dr. Indicate whether you agree with one or both researchers or have a different Comparison of the Atkins, Ornish, Weight Watchers, and Other high-protein diets such as the Zone and the South Beach diets are somewhat better but still emphasize consumption of meat, eggs, and butter. And categorizing entire nutrient groups as good or bad is facile. 2003;26:302-307. Dean Ornish, MD, is founder and president of the non-profit Preventive Medicine Research Institute and is Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. After 1 year, there was a 52% decrease in LDL-C on the 10% fat diet compared with a 6% increase in LDL-C on the Atkins diet (33). New York: McGraw Hill; 2002. The Ornish and Zone books suggest some stimulus-control strategies but on the whole do not emphasize behavior modification, whereas both the Atkins and LEARN J Am Diet Assoc. The only peer-reviewed study that examined the underlying disease processes found that blood flow to the heart improved on a very low-fat, whole foods diet but worsened on an Atkins diet (35). Second, as I made clear in the oped as well as in my books and journal articles, the diet I recommend is low in refined carbohydrates and high in good carbs such as fruits, vegetables, whole grains, legumes and soy products in their natural, unrefined forms (which tend to have low glycemic loads). In this study, premenopausal overweight and obese women assigned to follow the Atkins diet, which had the lowest carbohydrate intake, lost more weight at 12 months than women assigned to follow the Zone diet, and had experienced comparable or more favorable metabolic effects than those assigned to the Zone, Ornish, or LEARN diets [corrected] While questions remain about long-term effects and mechanisms, a low-carbohydrate, high-protein, high-fat diet may be considered a feasible alternative recommendation for weight loss. 1 . Name a work (book or article) associated with either Dr. Ornish