I'd say that any analysis of the difference in weight loss in two 
groups, that only looks at two of the food groups being ingested, and 
doesn't look at any of the other food groups also being ingested, is a 
tad redundant!  The Mediterranean diet is high in both vegetables and 
protein: both in very pure forms, and low in saturated fats.  Not nearly 
as high in proteins most low-carb diets, but then, the Mediterranean is 
not a diet, it's a lifestyle/culture.  It's pure foods, with good 
balances of proteins, veggies, oils, fruits and very little processed 
carb.  High in fish, low in beef.  It's very good nutrition for humans.

The issue in adult diets for weight loss, has a much to do with how full 
the body perceives itself to be, as opposed to the calorie or the fat 
load.  Eating is emotion, and feeling full is linked to emotional 
needs.  Protein satisfies longer, and therefore much weight loss to 
actual low carb diet plans, is often down to less calories being 
ingested, but more full feeling.  Then we get into the whole maelstrom 
of whether or not carb does bind excess calories into the body, when 
excess calories that are not carb, don't.  Calories are not created 
equal by any means.

I hazard a guess that I don't think much analysis of weight loss dieting 
in adults, can illuminate much to do with weight gain in normally fed 
infants.  Adult eating, particularly adult over eating, is in the mind.  
What's on the plate has little to do with it, in that sense. But, just 
to make the point again, how can you assess two diets, without looking 
at all they contain?  The fact that they don't even mention protein in 
terms of adult weight loss, says it all.

Morgan

Pamela Morrison wrote:
>
> Morgan, with regard to the differences between low-carb vs low-fat 
> intakes, this was the article I was thinking of:  Shai I et al, Weight 
> loss with a low-carbohydrate, Mediterranean, or low-fat diet, New 
> England Journal of Medicine 2008;359(3):229-41.   No mention of 
> protein intake of the adults. 

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