"Cut out your carbohydrates and you’ll burn up your fat" - Robert Atkins This has been the new fad, almost a gold standard to losing weight and I must admit I have been a follower of a high protein, low carb diet myself. However I stay away from the "high fat" bit!
But recently, for the benefit of my veg friends we had an article on and Eco-Atkins diet: ScienceDaily (June 9, 2009) — Overweight individuals who ate a low-calorie, low-carbohydrate diet high in plant-based proteins for four weeks lost weight and experienced improvements in blood cholesterol levels and other heart disease risk factors, according to a report in the June 8 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. A high-carbohydrate, low-fat vegetarian diet also resulted in weight loss but without the additional cardiovascular benefits.
Ok, this makes some sense.....out come the veggies and legumes! Steel cut oats and whole grain breads, which were thought to be good choices are excluded from grocery lists.
Now, a little over a month later, there is YET another study.........this time touting the benefits of CARBS!
My dear friends, all this research is not meant to confuse, but just help you, at the end of the day, to make healthy choices!
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