Low-carb

A landmark study comparing Low fat, Low carb and Mediterranean diets over a 2 year period has shown low carb and Mediterranean diets to be favorable alternatives to low fat. The study looked at weight loss, blood lipids, glycemic control and inflammation.

Let's explore the study details and see what applications may arise from it.

The Kimkins phenomenon has resided primarily within the confines of low-carb communities, but is starting to make its way into more mainstream media. It is a bizarre story of the quick rise and the tremendous fall from grace of an underground diet “guru”. Here’s the story;

Whether you're for them or against them, we've all heard about low-carb diets such as Atkins and what they can do for weight loss. While this is really a personal preference, it now turns out, after reviewing research about low-carb versus low fat diets, that diets such as Atkins can be beneficial for those with metabolic syndrome.

Men's Health magazine has come out fighting and accuses the American Diabetes Association of "rejecting what could be the closest thing we have to a cure [for Type-2 Diabetes]."

What is that "thing" that they are rejecting?

A fascinating study has appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine making some interesting conclusions about heart disease:

The body of research that supports the use of low carbohydrate diets continues to grow.