"Lower low-carb expectations"
I always thought the obsession over low carbohydrate diets was unwarranted given its newness; apparently new longer-term studies indicate it is not particularly helpful, at least for obese people.
I also wonder whether the low-carb dieter's obsession with meat, cheese, and other fatty foods will cause longer term health problems such as heart disease.
Anyway, my favorite quote: "Americans want to figure out a way to lose weight by eating."
Excerpts:
According to the study of 132 obese adults, published Tuesday in the Annals of Internal Medicine, low-carb dieters lost an average 11 pounds after one year. Those on a traditional diet, cutting 500 calories a day and limiting fat, shed an average eight. ...
In spite of all this attention to "carbing down," Americans are getting heavier. The federal government estimates that nearly 65% of adults are overweight or obese, and the number of overweight children has doubled since the late 1970s.
And as diet crazes have come and gone during that span, the solution to the problem hasn't changed: eating less and exercising more. That's not as palatable as searching for an easier way — even if the quest has done more to fatten bottom lines than slim fat bottoms.
I also wonder whether the low-carb dieter's obsession with meat, cheese, and other fatty foods will cause longer term health problems such as heart disease.
Anyway, my favorite quote: "Americans want to figure out a way to lose weight by eating."
Excerpts:
According to the study of 132 obese adults, published Tuesday in the Annals of Internal Medicine, low-carb dieters lost an average 11 pounds after one year. Those on a traditional diet, cutting 500 calories a day and limiting fat, shed an average eight. ...
In spite of all this attention to "carbing down," Americans are getting heavier. The federal government estimates that nearly 65% of adults are overweight or obese, and the number of overweight children has doubled since the late 1970s.
And as diet crazes have come and gone during that span, the solution to the problem hasn't changed: eating less and exercising more. That's not as palatable as searching for an easier way — even if the quest has done more to fatten bottom lines than slim fat bottoms.
// 5/18/2004 
