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...agree with the high-protein advocates that it is wise to eat fewer simple carbohydrates, like sugar, white flour and white rice. They are also low in fiber, so you get a lot of calories that don't fill you up. On top of that, simple carbohydrates get absorbed quickly, causing your blood sugar to zoom up. Your body responds by making more insulin, but too much insulin accelerates conversion of calories into body...
...high-protein diet, you may lose some weight because you are eating fewer simple carbohydrates. But you can lose even more weight by eating fewer simple carbohydrates and less fat. And you enhance your health instead of mortgaging it. Indeed, there is now evidence that a high-protein diet can actually decrease the flow of blood to the heart in patients with heart disease www.ornish.com...
...much fat, too many carbohydrates or too many calories?--were stirred up once again last month by an article in the New York Times Magazine suggesting that low-fat diets may be making us fatter. While the new information about PYY won't help you choose between a high-protein or low-fat diet, it goes a long way toward explaining how the brain and the digestive system conspire to keep the pounds...
RECOVERING. ROBERT ATKINS, 71, diet doctor and author of the controversial high-protein-, high-fat-, low-carb-promoting Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution; from cardiac arrest related to cardiomyopathy, a heart infection unrelated to diet; after a brief hospitalization; in New York City...
...lure of fast and easy weight loss is as enduring as young love. It is no surprise, then, that high-protein diets like the Zone, Atkins, Protein Power and Sugar Busters have seduced many a problem eater. Alas, there's no hard evidence that these diets deliver on their promise of sustained, long-term weight loss. In fact, the American Heart Association cautions, such regimens may do more damage than good by increasing fat consumption and reducing important sources of vitamins, minerals and fiber. Better to stick with the tried and true: exercise, portion control and a balanced diet...