If you have ever tried a tried and true diet only to get no results, you know it can be extremely frustrating to follow a diet that seems to work for everybody else, but not you. Well, there is good news. It may not be your fault. Research is showing that certain people may have a genetic predisposition to certain types of diets.
In a study I read about at WSJ.com, a group of women were studied while on a low carb diet. The women that had a genetic predisposition to this type of diet lost a whole lot of weight more than those without this particular genetic trait.
Check out this excerpt from the article then click the link at the bottom to check out the whole thing.
In a study involving 133 overweight women, those with a genetic predisposition to benefit from a low-carbohydrate diet lost 2 1/2 times as much weight as those on the same diet without the predisposition. Similarly, women with a genetic makeup that favored a low-fat diet lost substantially more weight than women who curbed fat calories without low-fat genes. The women were followed for a year.
Genetics Test Helps Predict Weight-Loss Success, Study Says - WSJ.com
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