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A High-Carb 'Big Breakfast' For Weight Loss? What Have You Been Smoking?

Dr. Daniela Jakubowicz encourages a high-carb breakfast Have you heard about this silly study presented at The Endocrine Society's 90th Annual Meeting in San Francisco, California on Tuesday? I hear some real doozies every now and then when it...
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McDonald's And Their Culture-Penetrating Power

Don't doubt the massive power that McDonald's holds over kids When you think about the most famous brands in the entire world that are almost universally recognized by virtually everyone who sees them, one particular brand rises to the...
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You Can't Blame Poverty On Obesity Anymore!

We all make choices each and every day that impact our lives for good or bad. Some of those decisions may seem insignificant, but they can add up over time. Think about your diet, for example. How many people just...
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It's Not The 'Fatty' Diet That Damages Health, Connie!

Why does Connie Bennett agree with Dr. James O'Keefe about high-fat? It's not that often when I disagree with a fellow low-carb blogging friend who agrees with me that consuming sugar and excessive carbohydrates is bad for your weight...
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Just One High Sugar, High Fat Meal Can Damage Your Body, Study Stays

Note from Connie: If you think one fatty, culprit-carb-laden meal won't do harm to you, think again. You've got to learn about this new, eye-opening study, which points out the consequences of skipping the quality carbs and foods in favor...
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Four Brand New Low-Carb Studies To Begin 2008

I've become convinced that one of the greatest assets that those of us who believe in the power of livin' la vida low-carb possess is the ever-growing litany of respectable published research that continues to pour in at breakneck speed....
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Car Crash Injuries And Death: An Unintended Consequence Of Obesity

Dr. David Schlundt pinpoints another obesity-related problem We all know the health dangers associated with obesity, including diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, cancer, and a whole host of other health calamities. But now researchers out of Vanderbilt University have stumbled...
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Study: Obesity Gene In Liver Confirms Whether Low-Fat Or Low-Carb Diet Is Best For You

Dr. James Ntambi says some obesity attributed to high-carb diet Although his September 2007 release Good Calories, Bad Calories has been met with much skepticism and criticism by those deeply entrenched in the conventional wisdom about diet and health...
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Saturated Fat In The Blood Made Worse By Low-Fat Not Low-Carb Diet, Researchers Say

Dr. Jeff Volek says controlling insulin is vital to blood lipids A little over two years ago, I shared with you this study on the connection between metabolic syndrome and livin' la vida low-carb. The researchers were Dr. Jeff...
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High-Fat, Sugar-Free Diet Perfect For Your Health, Studies Show

The science behind livin' la vida low-carb continues to pour in like gangbusters and it's sometimes hard to keep up with it all. In fact, much of the research has already been out there a few years--especially before I started...
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Prostate Cancer News: Low-Carb Diet May Slow Tumor Growth

Note from Connie: I never cease to be amazed at the ever-increasing amounts of research, which point to the benefits of cutting out or cutting back on those culprit carbs. You'll now learn about a new study from researchers at...
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Sugar and Sex Hormones: Excess Amounts of the Sweet Stuff Linked to Infertility, Cancer, and More

Note from Connie: In my book SUGAR SHOCK!, I discuss the connection between excess sugar consumption and developing with your relationships and your sex life. Now, new research further confirms this link. Jennifer Moore updates you. New research in the...
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Crohn's Disease Has A New Treatment--A Low-Carb Diet!

New study by Dr. Richard Gearry shows new benefit for low-carb living Although all you ever hear in most media accounts of low-carb diets, especially the Atkins diet, are negative and demeaning comments, the fact is this healthy dietary...
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Atkins Blood Vessel Study: Bad Science, Even Worse Journalism

Dr. Michael Miller puts his personal low-carb bias ahead of science Despite being called out by Gary Taubes in his book Good Calories, Bad Calories, the use of sensationalism by the active players in modern health research and journalism...
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Low-Carb Diet Can Prevent Seizures, New French Study Finds

I'll be the first to admit to you that sometimes the medical jargon that accompanies some of these low-carb studies that come out absolutely baffle the heck out of me. Sure, many of them are straightforward enough for me to...
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Prostate Cancer Risk Improved By Eating Fat, Researchers Find

Researchers from the University of Hawaii have evidence from a large-scale study that says consuming full-fat dairy products is a much better option for warding off prostate cancer than the reduced-fat and fat-free dairy options. Lead researcher Dr. Song-Yi Park,...
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'Heart Healthy' Study Uses Bogus Guidelines For Ranking Diets

Dr. Yunsheng Ma contends high-carb diets best for cardiovascular health With all the attention being placed on high-fat, low-carb diets again with the release of the new Gary Taubes book Good Calories, Bad Calories last week, you just HAD...
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Eating A High-Carb Diet Can Lead To A 'Fatty Liver,' New Research Finds

Dr. David Ludwig warns of health dangers from consuming starchy carbs I just love it when the research finally catches up to what we already know regarding the negative impact of carbohydrates on our health. Whether we are talking...
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High-Fat, Low-Carb Ketogenic Diet: Could This Be The Cure For Cancer?

Schmidt and Kammerer using a high-fat, low-carb diet plan to treat cancer How appropriate was it that I wrote a blog post a few months back entitled "A Dietary Defense For Defeating Cancer". With brain cancer, pancreatic cancer, esophageal...
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Australian Researchers Compare Atkins Diet With Traditional Low-Fat Diet For Psychological Impact

Think a low-carb diet will destroy your brain? Think again! It was a head-to-head match-up that ended in a tie. Just wait until you see the stunning results of a new study comparing the traditional high-carb, low-fat diet with...
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Aspartame Declared 'Safe' By Experts, But Is It Really?

Aspartame targeted for bogus study funded by parent company in Japan Imagine for a moment that you read a news headline that proclaimed, "Study Concludes Eating French Fries Does Not Cause Obesity." Would that get your attention? Sure it...
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'Skinny' Gene Holds The Key To Controlling Obesity, Diabetes...Riiiiight!

Dr. Jonathan Graff says "skinny gene" needs to be turned on in obese The head of the British Medical Association caught a lot of flack last month for suggesting overweight and obese people should stop looking for another pill...
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Pasarica: New 'Fattening' Virus Could Be Obesity Culprit

Dr. Magdalena Pasarica has found a new "fattening" virus The World Health Organization estimates that nearly 400 million people worldwide are currently overweight or obese. Included in that number is an astonishing 20 million children under the age of...
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Low-Carb Diet Studies Should Require Strict Adherence

I am blessed to have some of the most intelligent, insightful, and introspective readers on the Internet coming to Carbwire and gracing us with their presence each and every day. It is my distinct pleasure to have so many of...
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McDonald's Mystique Casts A Spell On Kids, Study Finds

Dr. Thomas Robinson says the cultural influence of McDonald's unmatched If anyone ever doubted the enormous impact of the marketing blitz undertaken by the world's most famous fast food restaurant on the most vulnerable members of our society--CHILDREN--then I...
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New Study Supports Previous Research Showing Low-Carb Diet Good For Metabolic Syndrome

Dr. Matthew Hayes interested in how and why low-carb diets work Dr. Matthew R. Hayes from the University of Pennsylvania has conducted a new study published in the August 2007 issue of The Journal of Nutrition which scientifically confirms...
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Study: Eating Unhealthy Is A Lifestyle Change, Too

I came across a brand new study this week from the preeminent UK government health authority that concluded something I really never thought much about: whether it's a healthy or an unhealthy lifestyle change--it's YOUR choice. Hmm... Looking at this...
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Study: Eat Less, Not More Fruits And Vegetables To Beat Breast Cancer

Dr. Pierce says fruits and veggies may not prevent breast cancer deaths Dean Ornish, Joel Fuhrman, and other low-fatties, eat your heart out! That's because your cherished high-carb, low-fat fruits and vegetables diet took a major blow this week...
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Could A Low-Carb Diet Prevent Blindness In Elderly?

Dr. Allen Taylor found AMD speeds up rapidly on a high-carb diet It's not looking good for the highly-recommended, government-approved high-carb diet now that a new study has found it can lead to an increase in the risk of...
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Atkins Diet Cancer Study More Sensationalism Than Substance

Harry Flint from Rowett looks at what happens in the gut on low-carb There's been BIG NEWS about low-carb diets out of the research community over the past week or so--well, let's just say the media has trumpeted it...
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Could Coca-Cola Really Be The Cure For Anemia?

Is it possible that drinking a Coke with pizza cures anemia? The lines between good, meaningful nutritional research and propaganda financed by certain economic and business interests keeps getting muddied by so-called scientific studies like this one that hope...
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Research On New 'Atkins Hormone' Gets Mixed Reviews

Drs. Maratos-Flier and Kliewer found the hormone behind Atkins diet People who are livin' la vida low-carb already naturally accept the physiology behind this way of eating as an excellent way to burn stored fat through the use of...
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Study: DASH Diet Inadequate For Controlling Blood Pressure

In the infamous Stanford JAMA study released in March 2007, researchers found the Atkins low-carb diet was most effective not just for weight loss, but also improvements in certain health markers--including reducing blood pressure. Now there's a new study confirms...
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Shocking Statin Study Turning Cholesterol Therapy On Its Head

The Statin Effects Study has uncovered some disturbing truths It has been two years since I first blogged about an ongoing study looking at the negative impact of cholesterol-lowering statin drugs (Lipitor, Crestor, and Zocor are the bestselling) conducted...
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Dr. Eric Westman: The Man Behind The Rebirth Of The Low-Carb Revolution

Dr. Eric Westman--soft-spoken, but mighty strong in low-carb research I have a very special interview to share with you today from the American Society of Bariatric Physicians (ASBP) obesity conference I attended in Nashville, Tennessee recently. It's with a...
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It's Not The Obesity, It's The Insulin, Study Finds

When I was in Nashville, Tennessee earlier this month for the American Society of Bariatric Physicians obesity conference, there was a presentation made by researcher Dr. Jeff Volek from the University of Connecticut who said we've had it all wrong...
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Study: Fat Teens Get Fit With Low-Carb Diet

We all know how well livin' la vida low-carb works for adults to produce weight loss, improvements in health, and changes in your life that are simply indescribable. I can personally attest to all three of these and enjoy proclaiming...
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Study: If Your Diet Is High In Protein, Then You Will Surely Die

Antonia Trichopoulou found that higher protein leads to increased death Oh no! I guess all of us low-carbers need to make sure our will is written because it looks like we're all headed for a one-way ticket to the...
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Study: Diet For Permanent Weight Loss Is Up To You

Dr. Susan Roberts studied low-carb and low-fat diets for weight loss What's the secret to losing weight and keeping it off over the long-term? I've probably revealed the simple answer to that question a million times before at my...
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High-Fat Diet Only Unhealthy When Combined With High-Carb

Dr. Tavis Campbell blasts fat, but completely ignores the carbs I'm sure you've seen all the news stories out of Calgary, Alberta Canada over the past couple of days about this study showing how "dangerous" eating one high-fat meal...
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Swedish Study Shows Sugar-Free Schools Reduce Childhood Obesity

Researcher Claude Marcus looked at impact of sugar-free schools There's a new Swedish study released this week that was absolutely encouraging to anyone living a sugar-free lifestyle. Lead researcher Claude Marcus, professor of Pediatrics at the Stockholm, Sweden-based Karolinska...
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UNC Researchers Request Health Podcast Study Participants

Do you host a health-related podcast show or do you listen to one (well, you better be listening to this one at the very least! LOL!)? If so, then a doctoral student named Brie Turner-McGrievy, MS, RD in the school...
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Study: Low-Carb Diet Beats Low-Fat For Weight Loss (Again!)

After blogging about the preliminary findings of a study comparing low-carb weight loss with a low-fat, portion-controlled diet in October 2005, I am pleased to share with you the findings of this study that was published in the March 2007...
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Got Low-Fat Milk? Not Smart If You Want A Baby!

You might want to reconsider that low-fat dairy if you want kids We've all heard that we should eat an adequate amount of dairy in our diet, but that we should choose the low-fat or fat-free versions of milk,...
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Part 1: JAMA Low-Carb Study Discussion

Today and Thursday I have a special edition of my podcast show to share with you. In Episode 35 of "The Livin' La Vida Low-Carb Show with Jimmy Moore," you will access the first part of an exciting teleconference call...
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Face-To-Face With Canadian Low-Carb Researcher Dr. Jay Wortman

Researcher Dr. Jay Wortman talks tough about low-carb diets One of the most fascinating researchers of the low-carb lifestyle today comes straight from the Canadian province of Alberta. His name is Dr. Jay Wortman and he has been working...
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High-Fat, Low-Carb Diet: New Treatment In The Battle Against Brain Cancer

Dr. Thomas Seyfried says low-carb starves cancerous tumor cells There is yet another positive health benefit to livin' la vida low-carb this week published in the scientific journal Nutrition & Metabolism as a way to fight cancer cells that...
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Study: Pork Perfect Power Food For Your Diet

Dr. Wayne Campbell reveals a surprising weight loss power food--PORK! It seems like we are seeing lots of research coming out all the time regarding the health and weight benefits of eating meat because of the healthy levels of...
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Is There Such A Thing As Too Low Cholesterol?

Dr. Yin-Xiong Li warns your cholesterol can get too LOW With every other commercial on your television screen these days pushing another prescription drug that is supposed to help you medicate your high-cholesterol problem to allegedly improve your health,...
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Looking At LDL Alone, Without Factoring HDL And Triglycerides For Heart Disease Risk Shortsighted, Researchers Reveal

A new study on the vital importance of measuring HDL and triglycerides instead of simply relying on the traditional Framingham risk score looking at LDL cholesterol particle size and numbers as predictors of the risk for a cardiovascular event should...
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HDL Goes Up, Triglycerides Come Way Down On A Low-Carb Diet, Researchers Find

Dr. Anwar T. Merchant studied how to raise HDL and lower triglycerides There's a new study from Canadian researchers on the ethnic differences in cholesterol levels among various people groups reveals an important fact about the low-carb lifestyle that...
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Welfare Participants Not Driving Up Obesity Rates, Report Shows

Kennedy says welfare programs are not increasing obesity A new report is debunking a popular myth that poverty is actually leading to an increase in the rates of obesity in the United States. I addressed this issue somewhat back...
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What Do Falling Folate Levels Have To Do With Low-Carb?

Here we go yet again with the obvious media bias against low-carb! Have you seen the merciless beating the low-carb diet is taking in the press right now after the release of a new Centers For Disease Control (CDC) study...
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Study: 'Healthiest' Diet Is Low-Carb, High-Protein, High-Fat

Dr. Eric Dewailly says a high-protein, high-fat Inuit diet is "healthiest" An ongoing study presented in mid-December at a Canadian research forum called ArcticNet is going to turn conventional wisdom on its head yet again about what kind of...
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Vegans Have Lower IQ Than Meat-Eaters, Study Shows

A rather startling study claiming vegetarians tend to be smarter, female, and have higher positions of authority in society than their meat-eating counterparts. Oh really! Let's just see about that one. Dr. Catharane R. Gale, Senior Research Fellow at the...
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Study: Bone Loss From Low-Calorie, Not Low-Carb Diets

Dr. Villareal discovered bone loss from calorie restriction An incredible new study released on Monday found that people who go on a low-calorie diet for weight loss are putting their bones at risk for degeneration. This new research directly...
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Study: Low-Carb Diet Irrelevant For Weight Loss In The Future

Eight generations of caterpillars may prove low-carb is for naught The opponents of livin' la vida low-carb are at it again and this time they've gone out of their way to be just about as absurd in their opposition...
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Dark Chocolate Discovery A Delight For Your Heart

An aspirin study by Drs. Becker and Faraday turned to dark chocolate Reading this storyshould bring a great big smile to the face of virtually any research scientist who has worked with a group of study participants unwilling to...
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Living Longer About Behavior Modification, Study Shows

Dr. Bradley Willcox believes he has found the secrets to living longer We all want to live a long and healthy life, don't we? That why books like this one seem to attract people's attention. Well, this new study...
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Eating Sugar Doubles The Risk Of Pancreatic Cancer, Study Finds

In just the past two weeks, we have learned from scientists that it can lead to cancer in the kidneys and also in the esophagus. But now there is new evidence from Swedish researchers that a diet high in the...
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20-Year Harvard Study Decimates Popular Low-Carb Criticism

Dr. Frank Hu releases the most favorable low-carb study to date What I am about to share with you will change the way you look at diet and health forever. Or at least it should. When you buck the...
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An Interview With Low-Carb Researcher Dr. Donald K. Layman

Dr. Layman's research focuses on the vital role of protein in the diet Another one of America's best and brightest researchers in the field of low-carb research is nutrition professor Dr. Donald K. Layman. His work on the low-carbohydrate...
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Oligofructose Protects Against Intestinal Problems

A new study on a major benefit of taking the prebiotic supplement oligofructose should have mothers of young children stocking up on it to insure good health. Lead researcher Anne-Judith Waligora-Dupriet from the Paris, France-based Université René Descartes looked at...
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High-Carb American Diet The Culprit In Six-Fold Increase Of Esophageal Cancer

Listen to the hat dance this researcher does about low-carb Last week scientific researchers made the bombshell discovery that eating a high-carb diet can lead to kidney cancer. This week, we learn that consuming excessive carbohydrates can lead to...
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Does Bread Increase And Low-Carb Foods Decrease The Risk Of Cancer?

Man shall not live by bread alone, but he could get cancer from it! If people thought the popularity of the low-carb diet was bad for the bread, pasta, dairy, and rice industries, then they ain't seen nothing yet!...
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Pop The Pimples With The Low-Carb Lifestyle

Got acne? Then you may want to try the low-carb cure! How many of us grew up hearing the advice from well-meaning people to stop eating chocolate and fried foods to help cure our acne when we were teenagers?...
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Wanna Keep Weight Loss Off? Weigh Yourself Often!

Lead researcher Dr. Rena R. Wing, who is a Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at Brown University and works at the Providence, Rhode Island-based Miriam Hospital, was looking for a way to explain why people who experienced weight...
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How Can Chow Study The Effects Of The Atkins Diet In Just Three Days?

Have you heard about the latest research on the Atkins diet coming out of Australia? Hold on to your hats, folks, because the anti-low-carb propaganda machine is in full force with this latest study. Lead researcher Dr. Chin Moi...
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Getting Kids To Exercise Not Enough To Stop Childhood Obesity, Study Finds

Lead researcher Dr. John J. Reilly from the Division of Developmental Medicine at the University of Glasgow along with his fellow researchers wanted to look at the effectiveness of physical activity on the prevention of childhood obesity in a...
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Chocolate Addict Makes Poignant Confessions on Dr. Keith Ablow Show

You should have heard the poignant remarks today of a chocoholic, who had the courage to confess her problems on national TV today. She publicly admitted on the Dr. Keith Ablow Show today, as part of a show devoted to "Secret Addictions Disrupting Lives," about how her all-consuming interest in chocolate makes her just want to cancel plans and drop out of life. The woman -- whose name I didn't catch -- was quite brave and articulate when owning up to the fact that her chocolate dependence eventually leads to wacked-out brain chemistry, plummeting moods, and even suicidal feelings. She even stated that she uses the gooey brown stuff the way an alcoholic relies on booze. Ah, yes, that all sounds way too familiar! Her story has a been-there-feeling! She could have been me back in 1998! She could have been the sugar addicts I interviewed for my upcoming book SUGAR SHOCK! She could have been the people I coach. This lady, along with millions of other people out there, are suffering from a state of SUGAR SHOCK! But there is hope, and owning up to your problem and educating yourself are great first steps.
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Doctors Starting To Support Low-Carb More, Survey Finds

Dr. Feinman saw incredible behavioral changes of actual low-carbers The results of a survey of 3,000 members of the popular Active Low-Carber's Forum were published in the Nutrition Journal on Monday and the results of the survey showed some...
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I'll Raise My PYY By Ignoring The High-Protein Lies

Critics of the low-carb lifestyle like to point out that it is loaded with "all that protein" which is allegedly bad for your health. But new research released this week may just prove that's the biggest lie you could...
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Poor Dietary Advice Increasing Obesity, Healthcare Costs Among Medicare Recipients

Dr. Kenneth E. Thorpe from Emory University conducted a study Medicare data from 1987 through 2002 to analyze spending on healthcare for Medicare beneficiaries as well as rates of obesity. In the 15-year period, Dr. Thorpe found that the...
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Say Bye-Bye To The BMI Lie

The longstanding stardard used by people who want to lose weight and get healthy has been the body mass index, or BMI. But new research has shown that may not exactly be the best predictor of cardiovascular risk. Sheeez!...
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New Gene Found In Fruit Flies Study Explains Why Atkins Diet Improves Metabolic Syndrome

A new study published in the August 8, 2006 issue of the scientific journal Cell Metabolism provides further evidence of the health benefits of the Atkins diet. Burnham Institute for Medical Research assistant professor Dr. Sean Oldham found a single...
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Eating Saturated Fat Will Not Kill You And May Even Make You Healthier

You may have heard about this very small new study on saturated fat that came out this week stating how supposedly bad even one meal containing saturated fat can be to your health. Here we go again! Dr. Stephen Nicholls...
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Obese People Clueless About Their Weight Problem, Survey Reveals

Dr. David Schutt from the healthcare research firm Thomson Medstat conducted a random telephone survey from January to March with over 11,000 people, of which about one-third (3,100) were obese or morbidly obese and other 4,200 were considered overweight,...
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Scientists Work On Vaccine For Obesity, But What's The Point?

Dr. Kim D. Janda from the Scripps Research Institute conducted a study where he injected lab rats with one of three vaccines that targets the ghrelin hormone levels to help stablize hunger. The rats continued to eat the same...
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Study: We Have Been Conditioned To Eat More Food

University of Pennsylvania Psychology doctorate candidate Andrew B. Geier conducted two research experiments to test his theory of "unit bias" which presupposes the amount of food you are given to eat is the appropriate portion size. EXPERIMENT #1 A...
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Study: Fatty Fish Oil, Moderate Exercise Sheds Pounds

People who support the low-carb lifestyle have long known the healthy benefits of taking fish oil supplements. But now researchers in Australia have found that fish oil in combination with a moderate amount of exercise can maximize weight loss....
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Study Points To Portions For Weight Loss, But What's Missing?

Cornell University food consumer researcher Brian Wansink conducted an experiment with 85 food and nutrition experts by inviting them to an ice cream social and randomly distributing one of two sizes of bowls (17-ounce or 34-ounce) and one of...
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Study Concludes Exercise For Your Health While You Still Can

A new study that appears in the scientific journal Heart has some very good news for all you reluctant exercisers! Dr. Dietrich Rothenbacher from the University of Heidelberg in Germany looked at patients between the ages of 40 to...
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Study: Sugar Poisons The Brain And Causes Alzheimer's Disease

People following a low-carb lifestyle are already aware of the dangerous physical impact consuming sugar can have on your health. But now new research from Sweden has found elevated blood sugar levels can actually lead to the development of...
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Fat Kids Die Young, Study Shows

This shocking new study scientifically confirms something we have all suspected to be true for a long time: being overweight or obese as a child can have serious consequences when you become an adult, including an early death. Study...
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Come On, Doc, Tell Me How To Lose Weight

A new study conducted by Dr. Daisy Tan from the Fairfield Hospital in Sydney, Australia, surveyed 227 patients while they were in the waiting room of their doctor's office to poll them about their expectations regarding the medical advice...
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Catch Your Breath, Look What Obesity Causes Now

A new study by researchers led by Dr. Michael Rolph from the Asthma Research Group with the Garvan Institute Of Medical Research in Sydney, Australia has found people who are overweight or obese are THREE TIMES more likely to develop...
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Study: Older Adults Can Extend Life With Increased Activity

A new study from Dr. Todd M. Manini at the National Institute on Aging found that senior citizens who continue to remain active in their later years can maintain good health and even extend their lives. Published in the...
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Harvard Study: Low-Carb Weight Loss Can Improve Your Sex Life

Dr. Eric Rimm, associate professor of epidemiology and nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health, conducted a very large study of healthy men age 40-75 who previously reported good or very good erectile function with no major chronic...
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Almonds Are A Low-Carb Powerfood For Good Health, Study Concludes

A new study from Dr. Jeffrey B. Blumberg, Senior Scientist and Director of the Antioxidant Research Laboratory at Tufts University, finds that almonds are loaded with healthy amounts of antioxidants which fight off such diseases as heart disease, cancer...
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New Marketing Report Finds Door Is Wide Open For 'Safe' Sugar-Free Products

A new report from the marketing research company Mintel found that two-thirds of Americans are concerned about the safety of artificial sweeteners, despite the fact that the sugar-free industry has grown to $6 billion and is still going strong. Also,...
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Heavier Toys Make Lighter Kids? This Has Got To Be A Joke!

Have you heard about this latest study out of reseachers from Indiana State University who want to put weights inside of toys so our kids will burn more calories and get in some extra exercise while playing. THIS IS...
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Are These REALLY The 10 Biggest Reasons For Obesity?

Have you heard about this new study from University of Alabama biostatistician Dr. David Allison? With the help from 19 so-called diet and health "experts," he came up with the following ten reasons why obesity exists: 1. Inadequate sleep...
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Don't Wait To Lose Weight For The Sake Of A Healthy Prostate

A new study by Dr. Sara S. Strom, assistant professor in the Department of Epidemiology at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, has found a connection between excessive body fat and the progression of prostate cancer even...
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Study: Obesity Has 'Disabling' Effect On Children Because Of Migraine Headaches

Dr. Andrew D. Hershey, M.D., Ph.D., a pediatric neurologist and director of the Headache Center at the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, gave a presentation at the 48th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Headache Society in Los Angeles,...
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National Weight Control Registry Statistics Impacted By Low-Carb Participants

Have you heard of The National Weight Control Registry (NWCR)? This is that pool of people who have been successful at weight loss and weight maintenance that the media often cites in stories to support the low-fat/low-calorie diet since most...
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Two New Studies Show Low-Carb Improves Diabetes, Alzheimer's Disease

WHAMMO BAMMO! How about back-to-back studies released on the same day that provide two more GREAT reasons to be on the low-carb lifestyle? Okay, you got it! The first study is from a Swedish researcher named Dr. Jorgen Vesti Nielsen...
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Here's Another Reason To Avoid Fast Food

The burger and fries era in American history may be looked back on someday as the turning point in the decline of health and rise in obesity. Nobody will ever reasonably argue that fast food companies are providing consumers...
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Diabetes Treatment Shocker: The Atkins Diet

Dr. Mary C. Vernon, President of the American Society of Bariatric Physicians and co-author of "Atkins Diabetes Revolution," presents the study results from Duke University researcher Dr. Eric Westman today at the 66th Annual Scientific Sessions of the American...
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Mean Mommy Makes Meaty Munchkins!

A new study published in the June 2006 issue of Pediatrics concluded that mothers who are strict authoratative-styled in their parenting skills are making their kids five times more likely to become overweight than those parents who provide a...
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Researcher: Don't Be So 'Quick To Throw Away' Low-Carb Because It Actually Lowers Cholesterol

A new study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition shares yet another healthy benefit to the low-carb lifestyle whether you lose weight or not. Dr. Ronald M. Krauss, Director of Atherosclerosis Research at the Children's Hospital Oakland...
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Researcher: Carbohydrates 'Stimulating Excessive Appetites' In Obese

Temple University School of Medicine researcher Dr. Guenther Boden conducted a study last year that looked at why low-carb diets are so effective for weight loss in obese diabetic patients. Basically, he wanted to PROVE that the Atkins diet...
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Study: No Evidence Low-Carb Decreases Bone Density

A new study released this week flies completely in the face of conventional wisdom about low-carb diets being bad for bone health. But Dr. John D. Carter from the Division of Rheumatology at the University of South Florida College of...
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New Study Finds Appetite Hormone Ghrelin Unaffected By Carb Intake

Iowa State University biochemistry graduate student Michelle Bohan conducted a study on the appetite hormone ghrelin to see if diet composition affected levels of this hunger mechanism. After observing a mixed pool of study participants who were both overweight and...
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Media Focuses On Calories, But Carb-Consciousness Is The Story

A new International Food Information Council Foundation (IFIC) Food & Health Survey reveals some of the latest opinions of Americans concerning diet, health, nutrition, and fitness. While most of the media is focusing on the fact that only 1...
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Is LAP-BAND Surgery Better Than Low-Carb?

Researchers of a new study out of the Centre for Obesity Research and Education at Monash Unversity in Melbourne, Australia conclude that the controversial LAP-BAND surgery is a much better option for weight loss and improvements in metabolic syndrome...
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Do You Know A Woman With PCOS? Put Her On Low-Carb!

YAWN! Another day, another study showing the healthy benefits of the low-carb lifestyle. Will the news ever stop rolling in? Nope! Sorry low-fatties! Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham looked at women suffering from PCOS and wanted to...
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Study: 'Lifestyle Modifications' Like Diet, Exercise Can Lower Blood Pressure

Dr. William M. Vollmer released a study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine today that found lifestyle changes that could be implemented for eighteen months could become permanent and lead to improvements in health, namely blood pressure. My...
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Study Finds Diabetes Improved With Low-Carb Diet, Without Weight Loss Or Medication

A new study conducted by Dr. Mary C. Gannon and Dr. Frank Q. Nuttall from the Center for Diabetes Research at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, finds that the low-carb diet drops the 24-hour integrated blood glucose area by a...
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Low-Carb Beats Low-Fat For Short-Term Weight Loss, Study Concludes

Researchers at the University of Cincinnati conducted a four-month study that found obese women on a low-carb diet lost more weight and body fat than obese women on a low-fat diet. The results of this study appear in the Journal...
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If You Start With Low-Carb, Then Stay With Low-Carb

A new study published in the March 2006 issue of Agricultural Research magazine concludes that it really doesn't matter which diet plan you choose to lose weight, but rather that you "stick with" it forever. I've been preaching that exact...
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Study Suggests High-Dose Statins For Heart Health, But I'll Keep My Low-Carb Lifestyle Instead

It never ceases to amaze me how the medical community will so quickly look to potentially dangerous and expensive prescription drugs to treat just about any and every ailment known to man at the expense of more natural and much...
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Omega-3 Fats Promote Stable Mental Health

We all know that omega-3 fatty acids are good for heart health, but new research suggests that they could be good for mental health, too! A study presented by Dr. Sarah Conklin from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine...
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Study: LDL 'Bad' Cholesterol May Be Good

We are constantly being bombarded with statin drug advertisements on television that implore us to lower our LDL "bad" cholesterol. But researchers from the University of Padua, Italy recently released a 12-year study of senior citizens revealing that lower levels...
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Study: Chocolate Lowers Blood Pressure, Mortality Rate In Elderly Men

A new study out of The Netherlands released in Monday's issue of The Archives of Internal Medicine found that elderly men who consumed cocoa-containing foods, such as hot chocolate, pudding, and chocolate candy bars, saw a reduction in their blood...
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Potatoes Linked To Diabetes In New Study

Harvard Medical School researchers released a long-term study that found a connection between potato consumption and the increased risk of developing Type II diabetes. For far too long society has tried to convince us that potatoes are healthy by dressing...
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Grilling Year Round Common in 2005

Did you know there's a Hearth, Patio & Barbecue Association (HPBA)? I sure didn't. According to the HPBA, 60% of the population enjoy grilling year round. Even right now, during the cold months! So don't be afraid to fire up...
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Soy Not Good for Your Health

According to the Washington Post, that the American Heart Association has concluded that soy is basically the same as the meat it replaces. We don't want to lull people into a false sense of security that by eating soy they...
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Low carb diet could cure heart disease and diabetes

I'm glad there is still a lot of research going on about the benefits of a low carb lifestyle. This proves again the low carb is not dead yet and could very well be used by anyone. According to new...
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Atkins Diet used to treat epilepsy

I've posted about this before, but now there's a Web site supporting this claim. Michael, father of three, had a daughter who began having seizures in 1999. After many attempts of medicines from the doctors, he read the study conducted...
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Eating eggs lowers calorie consumption

Jimmy has a great post on new study that came out concerning eggs and how one group in the study ate 400 calories less per day! Published in the lastest issue of Journal of the American College of Nutrition, the...
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Atkins Diet may affect getting pregnant

Even though it's a very early study and it was tested on mice, it's worth a read. The findings suggest that eating a large amount of protein could prevent an embryo attaching to the wall of the womb or hinder...
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Nutrition #1 factor in grocery store shoppers

It's not about what's on sale anymore, nor which grocery store has the lowest price on kumquat's, but rather buying to cook a meal with the highest nutritional value. The most dramatic changes were seen when panelists were asked to...
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Sales for sugar-free food and beverages growing in US

New research indicates that US consumers are becoming more sugar-savvy and are shunning empty carbs. Sales of sugar-free foods are increasing according to a study by Research and Markets: But, perhaps the most influential factor is the vast number of...
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13% of people cutting carb intake

Research group Opinion Dynamics has come out with a new study that finds 13% of Americans are cutting carbohydrate intake. Opinion Dynamics has been monitoring low-carb diets since December 2003 and takes monthly telephone polls to monitor popularity. Some findings...
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Low-carb diets slow in Britain

Reuters is reporting that the adoption rate for low-carb diets is still much lower in Britain than in the United States. About 13% of Britons have tried a low-carb diet, with 3% currently on one. However, Atkins UK disputes the...
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Low-carb lifestyle shows staying power

According to two new studies, low-carb dieting shows no signs of disappearing. Opinion Dynamics Corporation (ODC), a market research firm that specializes in the food service industry, reports that the number of Americans on a low-carb diet has remained stable...
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Low-carb, low-fat in dead heat after one year

Even though people drop pounds faster on low-carb diets out of the gate, results from two studies summarized in the August issue of the Harvard Health Letter show that with regards to weight loss, low-carb and low-fat diets end up...
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Survey: Americans abandoning low-carb diets

A new survey by InsightExpress claims that more than half of all U.S. consumers that have tried low-carb diets have given up, and interest in the lifestyle has plateaued. However, the research firm conduced the survey by polling only 500...
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Low-carb diets may curb daytime sleepiness

According to a new study, low-carb diets can lead to modest improvements in daytime sleepiness in patients with narcolepsy. Dr. A. M. Husain of Duke University Medical Center and colleagues examined the effects of low-carb diets on daytime sleepiness and...
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Low-carb dieting could curb pregnancy odds

A new study notes that an "Atkins style diet" could reduce the chance of a woman becoming pregnant. The findings were shown at a fertility conference in Berlin. However, the research was done completely on mice; the effects on humans...
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78 percent low-carb success rate in losing weight

A recent nationwide study on low-carb dieters has concluded that 78% of people who try low-carb diets lose weight. Furthermore, the study notes that most keep the weight off. The research was conducted by Opinion Dynamics Corporation, and can be...
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Study: 'yo-yo dieting' can weaken immune system

According to a new study by the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, "yo-yo dieting"--repeatedly losing, then regaining weight--may harm a woman's immune system. The study also found that maintaining the same weight over time appears to have a positive effect...
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Study: Low-carb dieters eat more chicken than beef, pork

The chicken industry has benefited more than beef or pork from the low-carb diet craze, according to a recent study conducted by PKS Research Partners for the National Chicken Council and the U.S. Poultry & Egg Association. Among those following...
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Low-Carb diet can improve lipid profiles

A new study performed out of Duke University Medical Center and published in the latest issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine, researchers found that a low-carbohydrate diet can improve lipid profiles in the body. Subjects that had controlled carb...
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Products may curb weight loss

Consumer Reports published a report stating that "low-carb" products may actually harm dieters. The logic is simple: serving size. It's Snackwells all over again: They were low-fat so we wolfed them down, ignoring the high calorie count. Now, low-carb products...
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Majority of low-carb dieters are in 'calorie denial'

According to a new survey commissioned by Slim-Fast, 52 percent of Americans trying to reduce their carb intake see no need for counting calories, believing they can lose weight and keep it off by cutting carbs alone. The results show...
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Ditching sodas cuts childhood obesity

A new study confirms that soda is a major contributer to childhood obesity. Researchers found that school children who were served more soda at lunch showed a greater risk for obesity than children who were served less. Soda's are typically...
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Study: Carb-counting goes on after diets

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Study: Guinness beer is good for you

Compared to other popular beers, Guinness offers fewer calories, fewer carbohydrates, and protection against heart attacks, blindness and maybe even impotence, according to a new study. Guinness, in fact, is lower in alcohol, calories and carbs than Samuel Adams, Budweiser,...
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Study: Most low-carb dieters eat too many carbs

According to a new survey, most low-carb dieters are actually eating more carbs than such diets recommend. The study of 11,000 consumers released by market research firm NPD Group Monday said only one out of every four low-carb dieters "are...
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Ten percent of China's children are obese

A new study from the Chinese government states that 10 percent of China's youth are obese, and even more scary--the figure is rising at 8 percent a year. Experts are calling for increased awareness about the rising numbers of obese...
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Frozen pizza market burned by low-carb diets

According to a new study, low-carb dieting is the primary reason for the recent stagnation in frozen pizza sales. Although the U.S. market for frozen pizzas controlled nearly $3.7 billion, or 27%, of retail sales in the $13.4 billion market...
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Study: Fructose sweetener cause of U.S. obesity

According to a new study, high-fructose corn-based sweeteners, which have been used to sweeten food and soft drinks since the 1970s, may be partly to blame for America's growing obesity epidemic. The conventional wisdom is that poor diet, over-sized portions,...
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Homer Simpson diet slammed

Findings from a recent Rutgers University study on the fictional Homer Simpson diet--which is based on a staple of fats, sweets, alcohol, doughnuts and salty or fatty snacks--have Carol Byrd-Bredbenner, the study's lead researcher, calling for an investigation into how...
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Is low-carb necessary?

The New York Times has published an article questioning whether low-carb diets are really the way to go to drop those extra pounds. The paper cites a new studyóconducted by researchers at the University of Arkansas for the Medical Sciences...
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Report: Low-carb diets appeal to half of US

A new report from Mintel touts an impressive fact: half of the US population has been on, is interested in or on a low-carb diet (Atkins, South Beach, Zone, etc). While great news for us, it also goes to show...
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Low-carb diets could be harmful to fetuses

New research out recently indicates that low-carb diets may be harmful to unborn babies. Howevever, the harm can be avoided by taking a daily mulitvitamin. We have covered the importance of taking a daily multivitamin before....
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Low-fat diets may increase 'bad' cholesterol

The once defacto low-fat diet may increase levels of oxidized LDL cholesterol, commonly known as "the bad cholesterol." Furthermore, the study found that levels of HDL, or "good cholesterol", decreased. Look for more research to be done, but for now...
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CEOs try the low-carb lifestyle

According to the quarterly TEC Confidence Indexóa survey that polled nearly 1,100 middlemarket chief executives about current economic trends and issues affecting businessónearly one-third of CEOs have tried the Atkins diet and 10 percent are currently on the low-carb diet....
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Low-carb fad takes over the U.S.

More signs that the low-carb craze is really taking over America: according to a new study by the Valen Group, some 59 million Americansóalmost 30 percent of the populationónow control the amount of carbs they eat....
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Study: Obesity an epidemic in U.S.

According to a study released Tuesday by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, obesity is closing in on tobacco as the nation's No. 1 preventable killer. A poor diet and physical inactivity caused 400,000 deaths in 2000, a...
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Folate could prevent cardiovascular disease

Folate, a vitamin that has been added to flour since 1996 to prevent birth defects, has been shown to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease. The study estimates it prevents 48,000 deaths a year, though there can be no way...
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Low-carb not for kids

WebMD is running an article citing new research that low-carb diets in children are likely causes of weight problems in their teen years. The research came from the Framingham Children's Study. The study also noted that one good way to...
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Negative effects of food additives greater for low-carb dieters

An eBook by the Consumer Wellness Research Center states that people following low-carb diets are especially susceptible to the health damaging effects of certain food additives. Obviously, more research should be done. The book discusses how several food additives are...
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