Women’s Health Initiative: A Grain of Salt

May 5th, 2006

We’ve posted before on the WHI.  Remember, it’s the huge study with 48,000 women that was intended to test whether a low fat diet could help with diabetes, heart disease, and cancer.  The first cut answer was ‘not really.’

Now, more and more knowledgeable writers are pointing out limits and flaws in the study.  The upshot is:  stick to your low fat diet, and make sure the rest of your healthy lifestyle is in place, too.  Check out this article from the well-regarded Berkeley Wellness newsletter for a good review of the WHI and a prescription that would be close to the heart of the most dedicated H3I Healthy Lifestyle practitioner.

By the way, the newsletter makes the point that even with coaching it was hard for the study participants to stick to the nutrition plan.  No kidding.  That’s always been the rub-it takes work, practice, and determination-and a good plan!

Entry Filed under: Healthy Lifestyle Research, Weight Loss