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A Call for a Low-Carb Diet That Embraces Fat

People who avoid carbohydrates and eat more fat, even saturated fat, lose more body fat and have fewer cardiovascular risks than people who follow the low-fat diet that health authorities have favored for decades, a major new study shows.

The findings are unlikely to be the final salvo in what has been a long and often contentious debate about what foods are best to eat for weight loss and overall health. The notion that dietary fat is harmful, particularly saturated fat, arose decades ago from comparisons of disease…

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 Why Many Doctors Don’t Like Low-Carb Diets

Cutting carbohydrates can be a fast track to weight loss. But villainizing the nutrient completely is a mistake, experts say. For people looking to lose weight quickly, limiting carbohydrate-rich foods (like fruits, starchy vegetables and grains) and prioritizing those high in protein and fat (like meat, eggs and cottage cheese) has long been a reliable strategy. But as with many ways of eating that are based on restriction, nutrition experts say that low-carbohydrate diets can come with some downsides.

Articles of Interest

We’ve long blamed carbs for making us fat. What if that’s wrong?

A group of researchers published the best test of those claims to date in the journal American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. They didn’t find evidence that carbs are the magic key to weight and fat loss. But the study demonstrates just how controversial and fraught the low-carb idea is, and how, despite all the magical claims, there’s a lot we still don’t understand about this diet.

Why Low-Carb Diets Aren’t the Answer

The Atkins diet and the many other low-carb diets that followed in its footsteps have turned out to be less effective, and less healthy, than originally claimed. Often, the weight returned, and as it did, problems such as high cholesterol and high blood pressure came back, too. Also, in the end, many people decided they didn’t want to go through life without ever eating pasta again.

An Unconventional Cardiologist Promotes a High-Fat Diet

There are not many cardiologists who embrace butter and coconut oil as health foods. But Dr. Malhotra rejects the decades-old mantra that eating foods rich in saturated fat causes heart disease, and he has been leading a campaign to change public opinion about fats, sugar and what constitutes a healthy diet.

Are You a Carboholic? Why Cutting Carbs Is So Tough

I’ve been eating a high-fat, carb-restricted diet for almost 20 years, since I started as an experiment when investigating nutrition research for the journal Science. I find it’s easy for me to maintain a healthy weight when I eat this way. But even after two decades, the sensation of being on the edge of a slippery slope is ever-present.

Carbs Are Not the Enemy: Oversimplification Is

Can low-carb diets really help people lose weight? Of course they can. But that doesn’t necessarily make them your best choice. In fact, if you exercise regularly, reducing your carb intake too far can be a bad idea.

Is Low Fat or Low Carb Better for Weight Loss?

The secret to healthy weight loss may have nothing to do with how many carbs or how much fat you eat. Read on to find the surprising factor that might make all the difference.

Low Carbohydrate Diets and the Political Conventions

This is exactly- and I mean exactly- what happens when partisans of “low-carb” and partisans of “low-fat” discuss weight loss. But, you might say, isn’t that all based on science? What is there to disagree about? Hard facts are hard facts, right? Actually, “hard facts” are anything but hard.

Low-Carb And Low-Fat Diets Battle To A Draw

A new study comparing a low-carbohydrate diet with a low-fat diet found no important differences in weight loss or other important outcomes between the two diets. Some experts believe the result shows that the debate over the relative worth of these different diets has been overblown and confirms the view that calories count. Others say that the issue is not yet settled and that the study did not test the effectiveness of a true low-carb diet.

Low-Carb Beats ‘Low-Fat’? Take a Closer Look

Don’t be fooled by the promises of riding your way to good health and a slim figure on a river of ice cream and butter. Stick with what scientists have known for decades: A low-fat, plant-based diet is decidedly best for our health.

Most People Shouldn't Attempt Low-Carb Diets Like Keto Or Paleo

There are definitely positives, but you should be aware of the negatives too.

NFL Linemen Turn to Fatty, No-Carb Diet, but Science Is Unclear

Players say ‘ketogenic’ diet makes them leaner and reduces soreness after exercise, allowing them to train with greater intensity and for longer periods.

Stop Eating So Many Carbs — They Make You Fat

I know it’s hard to believe carbs can make us fatter than fat. It also defies the seemingly-healthy labeling on food products. But as you’re reaching for that “no-fat” yogurt, “low-fat” bread, “fat-free” cookie package, look around you. Are most people fat or slim?

The Fats You Don’t Need to Fear, and the Carbs That You Do

“We have to get out of the fat phobia mind-set,” Dr. Hu stressed, adding that we also have to abandon the idea that all complex carbohydrates are good.

What We Can Really Learn From That Low-Fat vs. Low-Carb Diet Study

A new study comparing low-carbohydrate diets to low-fat diets is making waves with the finding that cutting down on carbs not only results in more dramatic weight loss, but is also more successful at reducing the risk of cardiovascular heart disease than a traditional low-fat diet.

Why Weight Watchers is actually a low carb diet

The reason, I believe, most of these diets have some efficacy – at least in the short-term – is that they all reduce sugar and highly refined carbohydrate intake, either explicitly or implicitly.

Resources

8 Reasons Why Low-Carb Diets Actually Work

There are many other mechanisms by which low-carb diets exert their beneficial effects on bodyweight and body composition. Let’s take a look...

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