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...longest-term study of its kind, researchers pitted two popular diets head to head - a low-fat American Heart Association-style diet and a carb-controlled Mediterranean diet, each combined with regular physical activity - in a population of overweight patients who had Type 2 diabetes...
...study involved 215 overweight adults in Naples, Italy, who were newly diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. Patients were randomly divided into two diet groups: the low-fat eaters were instructed to follow a regimen rich in whole grains, fruits and vegetables and low in additional fats, sweets and high-fat snacks; no more than 30% of daily calories were to come from fat and no more than 10% from saturated fat. The Mediterranean-diet group was taught to eat lots of fruits, vegetables, whole grains and healthy fats, including olive oil, with an emphasis on lean protein sources such...
...study, which was published in the Sept. 1 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine, 56% of patients following the Mediterranean diet were able to control their blood sugar without medication, compared with 30% of those on the low-fat regimen. The Mediterranean dieters were also able to maintain slightly more weight loss than the low-fat group - 8.4 lb. vs. 7.1 lb. - and showed small improvements in triglyceride and HDL cholesterol (the good kind) levels, both risk factors for heart disease...
...Given its unique no-melt, low-fat combination, Barry Callebaut is keeping the tasty details of Vulcano's ingredients and manufacturing method under wraps. The company will only reveal that the chocolate was invented accidentally, while food engineers were working on another hush-hush project. "When we realized what we had stumbled upon, it was a real 'Eureka!' moment," Tschofen says. "We knew immediately that a chocolate that doesn't melt, is low in calories, but is still 100% natural would have a great market potential, especially in warmer climates or places with no adequate cooling systems...
...been pulled out once more. It turns out that making healthy food choices is not exactly as straightforward as it sounds. In fact, when restaurants include low-fat, low-calorie choices on the menu, they may be making us more likely to choose wrong. What's more, it's people who rank high in self-control who tend to make the worst eating choices of all. (See what makes us want to eat more food...