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Diets
Which diet is best?
Low-carb, low-fat, keto and Mediterranean compared in meta-analysis. The differences are smaller than the arguments.
Caillteanas meáchain, rangaithe de réir neart an chruthúnasa
Oibríonn gach aiste bia. Ní oibríonn beagnach aon cheann acu go buan. Is é an taighde suimiúil faoi an dara cuid, agus faigheann sé cuid bheag den aird.
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The uncomfortable summary
In head-to-head trials, named diets converge on similar average results at twelve months. The variable that predicts your outcome is not which diet you pick but whether you keep doing it — which is why this site spends more space on maintenance than on macronutrients.
Maintenance
Why the weight comes back
Determinants of maintenance, and what distinguishes the minority who succeed.
Food environment
Ultra-processed food
A strong and consistent association, an umbrella review, and a real argument about causality.
Nutrition
How much protein?
Satiety, lean mass, bone, and the protein leverage hypothesis.
Behaviour
Do behavioural programmes work?
Self-monitoring, digital delivery and what the meta-analyses find.
Drugs
What happens when the drugs stop
Weight regain after discontinuing weight-management medication, meta-analysed.
Léitheoireacht ghaolmhar
GLP-1 Evidence
What the trials actually show about semaglutide, tirzepatide and the rest of the GLP-1 class.
Fasting Evidence
Intermittent fasting, time-restricted eating and meal timing, judged on the trial data.
Metabolism Review
Energy expenditure, insulin resistance and metabolic adaptation, without the folklore.
Celiac Wire
Coeliac disease news, guidelines and research — plus the practical business of eating.
Taispeánadh an leathanach seo go huathoibríoch ó Bhéarla. Ní athraítear na tagairtí agus na huimhreacha. Léigh an t-údarás Béarla má léitear rud ar bith go neamhréireach. Léigh an t-údarás Béarla