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What if you could eat a tasty Mediterranean diet rich in vegetables, fish, poultry and olive oil and lose weight?

The Mediterranean based diet compared favourably to other globally popular diets including those involving low carbohydrates or low fat, according to a long-term study published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Scientists randomly selected 322 participants for one of three weight loss plans in a workplace study that spanned six years.

The dieters were given choices of a low fat, restricted calorie diet, a Mediterranean restricted calorie diet, or a low carbohydrate diet without calorie restriction.

Low fat diet participants consumed grains, vegetables and fruits and limited their consumption of fats and sweets.

Low carbohydrate diet participants followed the popular Atkins diet and had no restriction on caloric intake.

Mediterranean diets were rich in vegetables and low in red meat with poultry and fish replacing beef and lamb.

The initial study carried out between July 2005 and June 2007 was completed after two years, with follow up after another four years.

After six years the total weight loss was 3.1 kg (6.8 pounds) in the Mediterranean group, followed by 1.7 kg (3.7 pounds) in the low carbohydrate group, and 0.6 kg (1.3 pounds) in the low fat group.

The weight loss was significant for the Mediterranean group and the low-carbohydrate group but not for the low fat group, concluded study authors Dan Schwarzfuchs of the Nuclear Research Centre Negev, and Rachel Golan of Ben Gurion University of the Negev.

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