Gary Foster on low carb vs. low fat diets

A low-fat diet will help you lose weight. Or is it a low-carbohydrate diet? Gary Foster, director of the Center for Obesity Research and Education at Temple, and his colleagues published a widely circulated study that followed 307 dieters and concluded either diet can help you lose weight. "I think it's a disservice getting people to worry about the minutia of diets," Foster says. "There are pieces of dieting that we know work. One, track what you eat. Weigh yourself often. Make changes behaviorally that allow you to eat healthier."
Feb. 28, 2011 | Seattle Times