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Carbs: impairing health, promoting mortality (LCN 68)

By JA October 14, 2017 Leave a Comment

carbs impairing health

What's the best way to reduce the impact of dietary carbs on our health? Low Carb Nugget 68 If eating lots of carbs will sicken or even kill you, should you eat fewer of them, or rely on pharmacological options to reduce your body's response to dietary carbohydrates? … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News & Commentary, Nugget Tagged With: high-carb, study

Why we snack

By Jim June 29, 2011 4 Comments

Bowl of chips

Do we eat more because we eat more often? Yes, says a study that claims Americans eat 570 more calories per day now than they did 30 years ago because they are eating all of the time. The study's lead author, Professor Barry Popkin of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, told CNN Health that "the real reason we seem to be eating more (calories) is we're eating often."  But is eating frequency all there is to it, or does what a person eats make a difference? To say we are eating … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Posts, Media Watch, News & Commentary Tagged With: carbs, high-carb, low-carb, observational study, snacks

A calorie is a calorie, baloney is baloney

By Jim June 27, 2011 Leave a Comment

Here we go again.  The "Calories-In, Calories Out" crowd have some new heroes from down-under. They may be reluctant heroes, though. In a study presented at the American Diabetes Association's 71st Scientific Sessions this week in San Diego, New Zealand researchers compare the effectiveness of a low-fat, high-protein diet to a low-fat, high-carbohydrate diet followed by groups of over-weight people with type-2 diabetes for two years.  Both groups exhibited similar decreases in weight (-4.4 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Media Watch, News & Commentary Tagged With: clinical study, cutting calories, diets compared, high-carb, high-protein, weight loss

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