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The Battle of the Diets: Is Anyone Winning (At Losing?)
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 HN readers recommended it
Recommended as a researcher presenting actual diet-study results, including a trial with 311 women on different diet books.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Stanford
- Topic
- diet comparison research
- Format
- lecture
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 4
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2010–2017
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To steal a line, dietary science is younger than it looks. Don't be surprised if decade spanning long held beliefs start collapsing. Another good video. Stanford nutritionist and self-described vegetarian admits benefits of low carb diets: [VIDEO]
jackchristopher on Hacker News · 2010-01
In UCSF Endocrinologist debunks "Calories In / Calories Out" ModelThere's a good (old) talk where Stanford's Christopher Gardner researched different diet books with 311 women. The Battle of the Diets: Is Anyone Winning (At Losing?) [VIDEO] The study was announced at [LINK]
scholia on Hacker News · 2017-07
In Sugar-sweetened drinks with protein rich meal affect metabolism
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