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LOW
CARB STUDIES AND STUDIES ON ATKINS
Atkins Diet Shows Surprising Results, Researcher Says (By Science Daily) - One-year Study Shows Diet May Be As Effective And Safe As Conventional Diets
Cancer and Sugars Role in It - Cancer cells require the same amino acids, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins, and minerals for their growth and reproduction as do normal cells –– but in vastly different quantities and ratios. This fact alone raises the question about whether or not a traditionally "nutritious" diet can actually help fight cancer. Or does such a diet help fuel the growth of cancer?
Cave Men Diets Offer Insights To Today's Health Problems, Study Shows - Eat meat. That's the dietary advice given by a team of scientists who examined the dietary role of fat in a study that combined nutritional analysis with anthropologic research about the diets of ancient hunter-gatherer societies
Consuming More Protein, Fewer Carbohydrates May be Healthier - New research suggests a diet higher in protein and lower in carbohydrates than currently recommended may help people maintain desirable body weight and overall health.
Duke University Study Trumpets Atkins Success Rate (By Low Carb Living) - Clinical Trial Trumpets Atkins Diet For years, Dr. Atkins’ detractors have challenged him to back up his claims with clinical research. Perhaps they should be careful of what they wish for.
Diseases Caused by Sugar Poisening - Here's an article written in 1910 that predicted the problems Americans would have with high sugar, refined flour diets.
Fructose
Consumption May Accelerate Aging -- Skin's Elasticity And Softness May
Be Affected
HAIFA, Israel, November 24 , 1998 -- Researchers at the Technion-Israel
Institute of Technology have shown in animal studies that excessive consumption
of fructose, a sweetener, accelerates processes related to aging.
Low
Carb Aids PCOS sufferers (By Low
Carb Living) -
This study provides another reason for PCOS patients to consider trying
the Atkins program.
Lower
Your Carbs and Lower Your Insulin Levels (By
Everything
Atkins) - Over the past fifteen years, our dietary establishment
has made a virtual industry of extolling the virtues of carbohydrates.
Reduce
carbs, cut heart disease (By Low
Carb Living) -
Now research from the Harvard School of Public Health shows the significance
of differentiating between carbs based upon their rating on the glycemic
index to reduce risk of coronary heart disease (CHD).
Controlled
carb diet helps teens (By Low
Carb Living) -
Study found that teens following a controlled carb plan were more successful
in their weight-loss efforts than those following a low-fat, high-carb
plan, even though the former ate an average of 730 more calories daily.
Duke
Health validates Atkins (By Low
Carb Living) -
The high-protein, low-carbohydrate diet popularized by Dr. Robert Atkins
has been the subject of heated debate in medical circles for three decades.
Now, preliminary research findings at Duke University Medical Center show
that a low-carbohydrate diet can indeed lead to significant and sustained
weight loss.
Cancer
risk found in french fries (By Low
Carb Living) -
The research carried out at Stockholm University in cooperation with experts
at Sweden's National Food Administration, a government food safety agency,
showed that heating of carbohydrate-rich foods, such as potatoes, rice
or cereals formed acrylamide, a much studied substance classified as a
probable human carcinogen.
Bread & Potatoes may lead to cancer (By Low Carb Living) - Research carried out by scientists at Stockholm University's department of environmental chemistry showed starch, a carbohydrate found in cereals and potatoes, transforms into acrylamide when heated up, the daily newspaper Expressen reported on its Internet Web site.
Findings concerning Protein Diet (By lowcarb.ca) - Eating Proteins Helps To Feel More "Full" Than Carbohydrates (and other studies) A study has found that eating a meal high in protein content leaves subjects feeling more satiated.
Leucine key component in low carb success research says (By Low Carb Living) - As nutrition experts debate the ideal combination of protein, carbohydrates and fat that people should eat, new research explains for the first time how and why a moderately high protein diet may be the best for losing weight.
Harvard heartt disease study supports protein (By lowcarb.ca) -The study's objective was to examine the relation between protein intake and risk of IHD. The primary endpoint was nonfatal myocardial infarction or fatal ischemic heart disease occurring between 1980 and 1994. Compared with the lowest protein-intake group, women with the highest protein intake were 26% less likely to develop IHD over the study period.
Insulin - everything you need to know (4 part article) (By Low Carb Living) - Great Insulin article.
Low-carbohydrate diet helps diabetics NEW YORK, Jan 04 2000 (Reuters Health) (By lowcarb.ca) - A low-carbohydrate, calorie-restricted diet can help people with type 2 diabetes get their blood sugar under control when standard dietary changes and drug treatment have failed, according to California researchers. At least in the short run, the diet may help patients avoid having to take insulin to control their disease.
New Research Examines Effectiveness And Weight Loss Maintenance of the Low Carbohydrate Diet Studies (By lowcarb.ca) - Clinical studies presented today at the annual meeting of the North American Association for the Study of Obesity (NAASO), show that most obese people who are able to achieve successful long-term weight loss eat a low-fat, high carbohydrate diet. However, a low-carbohydrate, high-protein/fat diet can also help people lose weight.
Scientists Find Protein That Turns Carbs Into Fat (By lowcarb.ca) - Researchers have identified a small protein in liver cells that may help convert excess dietary carbohydrates into fat stores. They hope that the finding will lead to the development of obesity-fighting drugs that inhibit the actions of this protein.