The Cambridge Diet is probably the most researched diet in the world. Extensive research on nutritionally complete very low calorie diets (VLCDs) has confirmed their safety and efficacy in assisting weight loss and weight maintenance.

Many studies have been carried out into the effects of very low calorie diets. One of the most sophisticated was a clinical trial that examined body composition and metabolic studies with VLCDs. The results of the trial were presented in a book:
'The Swansea Trial' edited by Dr Stephen Kreitzman and Dr Alan Howard.

Recent Research Results and the Importance of Data

VLCDs Get the "Thumbs Up"
VLCDs and meal replacements are now viewed in a much more positive light than five years ago. Health professionals are increasingly accepting VLCD as an option and tool in the armament for treating obesity. For example:

• ‘Very Low Energy Diets in the Treatment of Obesity’; Mustajoki & Pekkarinen (Obesity Review 2001)

• ‘Long-term Efficacy of Dietary Treatment of Obesity'; Ayyad & Andersen (Obesity Reviews 2000)

• ‘Lessons from Obesity Management Programmes'; Astrup & Rossner (Obesity Reviews 2000

Click Clinical Papers for a list of other clinical papers relating to VLCDs.