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The Battle of the Diets: Is Anyone Winning (At Losing?)

Stanford · lecture · Watch on YouTube

Nutrition & diet science

What it is

Stanford's Christopher Gardner presents his large, long comparison of four popular diets under real-world conditions, in which the lowest-carbohydrate Atkins diet came out on top.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Recommended as a researcher presenting actual diet-study results, including a trial with 311 women on different diet books.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2010, last 2017

What HN commenters said

  1. “Another good video.”

    Stanford nutritionist admits benefits of low carb diets

    jackchristopher, 2010-01 · Recommendation · in “UCSF Endocrinologist debunks "Calories In / Calories Out" Model”

  2. “There's a good (old) talk where Stanford's Christopher Gardner researched different diet books with 311 women.”

    Stanford diet book study with 311 women

    scholia, 2017-07 · Recommendation · in “Sugar-sweetened drinks with protein rich meal affect metabolism”

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Topics: low carb, atkins, weight loss, clinical study, nutrition

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