Rodent health has never been a major concern of mine, but it seems to worry scientists a lot. For example, researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill published a study in the journal Obesity that examines what happens to rats who are fed a snack-filled diet similar to that consumed by millions of Americans. The study makes an important point about modeling human metabolic syndrome in lab rats, but it suggests even more. The snack or "cafeteria" diet consisted … [Read more...]
Tip-toeing toward the truth
The big long-term weight gain study that the Harvard School of Public Health announced yesterday was officially published today in the New England Journal of Medicine (Changes in Diet and Lifestyle and Long-Term Weight Gain in Women and Men); it has gotten widespread press attention. My first encounter with it was on ABC World News. As I wrote last night, the ABC team, led by Dr. Richard Besser, focused on carbohydrates as the main factor in weight gain, labeling various forms of potatoes … [Read more...]
American teens’ drinking problem: too much sugar
A survey released by the CDC this week shows that U.S. high school students are getting plenty of carbs and calories in liquid form each day. More than 11,000 students were asked what beverages they had consumed one or more times per day during the previous week. Most news reports focused on the 25% of all teens who said they drank pop every day. But from the standpoint of obesity, 100% fruit juice and other sweet beverages are no better. … [Read more...]
Major review says it’s time to embrace low-carb diets
An invited, extensive review of experimental studies published in the June 2011 issue of the journal Nutrition in Clinical Practice (vol. 26, no. 3) argues that it is "time to embrace" low-carb diets "as a viable option" in the battle against diabetes, heart disease and obesity, and concludes that "the shift in metabolism that occurs on a LC [low-carbohydrate] diet heralds a shift in our current dietary paradigm." An abstract of the review is freely available online. The following account is … [Read more...]
Cut carbs to reduce deep body fat, study says
For Public Release: A modest reduction in consumption of carbohydrate foods may promote loss of deep belly fat, even with little or no change in weight, a new study finds. Presentation of the study results will be Sunday [June 5, 2011] at The Endocrine Society's 93rd Annual Meeting in Boston. When paired with weight loss, consumption of a moderately reduced carbohydrate diet can help achieve a reduction of total body fat, according to principal author Barbara Gower, PhD, a professor of … [Read more...]
Examining the government’s food plate
"Faced with decades of explosively increasing numbers of obese people and diabetics the US government answer is to find a more effective way to give the exact same fat phobic advice." Dr. Andreas Eenfeldt The United States Department of Agriculture has unleashed its Food Plate, a replacement for the venerable Food Pyramid. As you can see, it is actually a plate plus a glass and a fork, and darn colorful. The general idea is to show Americans how to eat a healthy meal. The U.S. … [Read more...]
Recent studies confirm safety of eating lower-carb/ higher fat meals
"More people should be considering a low-carb diet as a good option" -- Kerry Stewart, professor of medicine and director of clinical and research exercise physiology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Heart and Vascular Institute. ("Low-Carb, Higher-Fat Diets Add No Arterial Health Risks to Obese People Seeking to Lose Weight," John Hopkins News Release, June 1, 2011.) Professor Stewart was the lead author of a study presented on June 3 at the annual meeting of the … [Read more...]
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