I heard part of this last Friday on NPR and it was very interesting. It was what motivated me to get back on AD.
The nutritionist talked about diet messages are oversimplified (e.g. you'll lose weight on a low fat diet if you consume all low fat products).
He mentioned how the AD message has been oversimplified to the point of "All carbs are bad" or something like that.
Here is the link: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...84&ft=1&f=1051
Stanford Study Weighs In on Popular Diets
Talk of the Nation, March 9, 2007 ยท Researchers at Stanford University recently published a paper that examined four popular diets. The study found that the low-carbohydrate Atkins diet led women to lose more weight and generally see better "overall metabolic effects."
Guest:
Christopher Gardner , assistant professor of medicine, Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford University School of Medicine
The nutritionist talked about diet messages are oversimplified (e.g. you'll lose weight on a low fat diet if you consume all low fat products).
He mentioned how the AD message has been oversimplified to the point of "All carbs are bad" or something like that.
Here is the link: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...84&ft=1&f=1051
Stanford Study Weighs In on Popular Diets
Talk of the Nation, March 9, 2007 ยท Researchers at Stanford University recently published a paper that examined four popular diets. The study found that the low-carbohydrate Atkins diet led women to lose more weight and generally see better "overall metabolic effects."
Guest:
Christopher Gardner , assistant professor of medicine, Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford University School of Medicine



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