I wasn't talking about healthy dieting. I was talking about losing weight.
I'm talking about both.
And no matter how you do it ...
Not according to the research material (which is voluminous) presented in "The Big Fat Surprise".
To boil it down to just the briefest of summaries, eating a diet high in meat, saturated fat, butter, cheese, and non-starchy vegetables and low in carbs, causes people to lose weight, keep it off, and is plenty healthy for long-term use. I would also say that from my own experience and that of five people I know who eat a low-carb diet.
I think that you'd like the book. It is quite interesting to read and very solidly shows how what most people think they know about nutrition is based largely on misrepresented research and faulty conclusions.
To me, a low-carb diet is a magical, effortless way to lose weight and keep it off, all while eating as much as I want and not being hungry all the time.