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A landmark study published today calls into question the U.S. government's official dietary guidelines, enshrined in the food pyramid ... no benefit from the lower-carbohydrate Harvard diet.
Hundreds of new diet books hit the shelves each year ... Whether they follow a low-fat/high-carbohydrate regimen or a low-carb/high-protein one, most people shed pounds for about the first six ...
A long-term study of the Framingham Heart Study Offspring cohort found that low-carbohydrate diets emphasizing high-quality ...
Remember the food pyramid we all learned about in school ... sparking a nationwide debate about the risks and rewards of low-carb diets, and about whether we got the right advice 25 years ago ...
The first USDA Food Pyramid recommends six to 11 servings of grains a day. (Some critics say this approach leads to weight gain.) Interest in the low-carb ketogenic diet begins to grow as a weight ...
A low-carb, high-fat “keto-like” diet may be linked to higher levels of “bad” cholesterol and double the risk of cardiovascular events such as blocked arteries, heart attacks and strokes ...
While the Food Pyramid can't be directly linked to the rise of high-carb, low-fat foods like the '90s diet miracle turned ...
Think of a pyramid. The items at the wider bottom ... Pregnancy is not the best time to go on a low-carb diet. This is because carbohydrates provide your body with the required energy and fibre ...
At its core, the ketogenic diet flips the traditional food pyramid on its head ... And clinical data suggests that extremely low-carb diets may increase LDL (“bad”) cholesterol in some ...
Many people with diabetes are following a low carb diet because of its benefits in terms of improving diabetes control, weight loss and being a diet that is satisfying and easy to stick to. Low carb ...