According to a new study, the high fat, low carbohydrate Atkins diet is heart burdening during the maintenance phase. The maintenance phase comes after required weight loss achievement.
This recent study was funded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health and the time span was January 2006 to December 2006.

Involving 18 healthy people with an average body mass index; BMI, the study was aimed to know the changes in cholesterol levels and cardiac conditions.

The BMI of the participants was 22.6 i.e. 18.5 to 24.9, which is thought as normal weight. To conclude the research, participants took different diets randomly ordered in 4 weeks.

The diets were given as Atkins: 50 percent fat, South Beach: 30 percent fat and Ornish: 10 percent fat. At the beginning of the research and at the end of each 4 week diet, participants were examined for cholesterol levels and other cardiac risk factors.