The two diets serve two different but overlapping goals and are intended
for different groups. The 2nd doc designed his diet specifically to
control blood glucose by controling carb intake for diabetics. When you
need to lose more weight using it, he says to reduce protein or fat, I
don't recall which without looking, but not the carbs he wants you to
have. In other words, lose weight by eating less to reduce energy intake.
The 1st doc sold books by promoting a diet that allows eating all the
forbidden foods other diets say to reduce and eat without being hungary
and do it more quickly. His diet was for weight loss and it too works by
reducing calories below what is needed. When compared with other diets,
the low carb had an advantage in loss in the 1st 6 months but was similar
at one year; and both worked because people ate less food and thus fewer
calories.
These two books are an example of different goals and while
they look at carbs it is for different reasons. Eat less and exercise is
still the best way to lose weight and keep it off for the long term. 300
calories less per day produces a 1 pound loss a week on average, losing
more then around 2 pounds a week can be counter productive as it has a
porrer long term track record for keeping weight off. When one's new
weight goal is met, the only way to keep it is to eat the fewer calories
that go with it,ie. a balance between amount eaten and how much to keep a
given weight.
Quoted message said:I have about 45 pounds to lose. I am a man and think its finally time
to rein in the pounds on the scale. I've looked at the Atkins diet and
the Dr. Bernstein diet on
http://www.bariatricsweightloss.com/def_bar.html but am confused as to
which medical doctor I should follow! Has anyone had any success on
either of these programs?