A Call for a Low-Carb Diet That Embraces Fat (Dr. Atkins wins one round of the research games!)

By artappraiser on Thu, 09/04/2014 - 12:50pm |

By Anahad O'Connnor, New York Times, Sept. 1/2, 2014

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 rates among large national populations [....]

URL:

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/02/health/low-carb-vs-low-fat-diet.html