Low Carb Study

[Billie]

I hate to take things from the Internet, but have to confess this caught my eye!

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15625548/

[kpow]

Yeah, there was an article in my local paper this morning and something on the local news last night. It's like they are trying to find things wrong with it, though. :confused:

Kathy

[LisaS]

they are bending overbackwards to spin this -- that plate in the article looks like one of my dinners ;)

[Gabriel Guzman]

Eckel, an endocrinologist at University of Colorado School of Medicine, said many studies have shown heart disease risk is cut by eating less fat and more whole grains, fresh fruit and vegetables — the approach of the government’s food pyramid. He said medical guidelines won’t be changed by the new study, although it raises questions about the role of refined sugar.

Hilarious... show me the data!

[maxlharris]

Understanding that few here are men, here is the Men's Health take on the study:

http://thefitnessinsider.menshealth.com/

FWIW: The fitness insider is pretty low carb friendly, while the rest of Men's Health is more or less Lower Better Fat, lower calorie style dieting with a lot of exercise.

[LisaS]

Regina in her Weight of the Evidence blog weighs in on the media's coverage of this story as well:
http://weightoftheevidence.blogspot.com/2006/11/spinning-low-carbohydrate-diet-study.html

[Padme]

Whole grains, fresh fruits and vegetables? Hmmm... the diet of "fat", unhealthy antient egyptians?