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...Conan O'Brien, says, "Truffles have replaced the chocolate-dipped strawberry as the quintessential, elegant petit four." The treat is even being adapted for the health conscious. Veganstore.com a website for vegan products, carries a line of organic chocolate truffles. Pure De-lite Truffles, a maker of low-carb truffles, claims that its products are not only sugar-free but also free of wax, preservatives and artificial flavors. You can eat these truffles and not feel like a pig. --By Isabel C. Gonzalez
...magnesium in nuts may have a similar effect. "Just about everything in nuts is healthy," says Frank Hu, the study's leader and a nutrition professor at the Harvard School of Public Health. To get the most benefit, it's best to use nuts as a substitute for high-carb snack foods such as potato chips and pretzels. But because nuts weigh in at an average of 150 calories an ounce, you shouldn't go overboard. --By Janice M. Horowitz
...cover story on the perils of AMERICAN EATING cited emerging diet doctors, including today's low-carb guru, Robert Atkins...
Here are the facts regarding the three phases of my program. During induction, the amount of carbohydrates allowed is limited to 20 grams a day--the equivalent of three cups of broccoli, spinach or salad greens. Mine is not and has never been a no-carb diet. During the next phase of the program, ongoing weight loss, you add five grams of carbs a week until you find what we call your CCLL, or critical carbohydrate level for losing, which is usually between 40 to 60 grams a day. Once you've achieved your desired weight, you continue...
...love food as much as I love politics. More often than not, both inclinations have left me, well, a bit bloated. That's how I got interested in vegetarianism. Instead of the popular low-carb diet, which had left many friends thin but slightly gray from consuming virtually all meat, I decided to skip all meat and dairy, like the vegans do. It would, I thought, be a great way to melt away those lunches with sources...