Word: low-fat
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Small entrepreneurs like Carbolite were among the first to profit from the Atkins revival. The private company, which started in 1993 with Morrison and a friend peddling low-fat foods from the back of a pickup truck, switched to low carb five years ago. Carbolite chocolate bars were introduced in 2000 and became a best seller in drugstores. Revenues at the firm, which has 15 employees, reached $45 million last year and are expected to top $70 million this year, Morrison says...
...nutritious food is available to those who can afford it. The less expensive, more convenient (and high-fat) fast-food options are the default choice for those who can't. Example: A 99-cent Whopper special can feed five children for $5. And it's quick. A carefully prepared low-fat meal, complete with fresh vegetables and quality protein, for the same five children could cost $25. Ann Yates Colorado...
...results? The low-fat diet reduced LDL cholesterol levels 8%. The same diet with lovastatin reduced cholesterol 31%. The fiber-and sterol-rich diet reduced cholesterol levels 29%--almost the same amount. The magnitude of the reduction is what is so encouraging, says lead author Dr. David Jenkins. "These are food components that research over 25 years has established as having cholesterol-lowering properties," he explains. "What we didn't know, but have now shown, is that their effect is actually additive...
...TRANS FAT: 0.5 gram SATURATED FAT: 1 g Quaker Chewy Low-Fat Granola Bars, Chocolate Chunk...
...forces AP teachers to make a Hobson's choice: teach all the high-level curriculum, which may mean moving too quickly for some students, or slow down the presentation of material so that no child is left behind. The result: AP classes that vary as widely in rigor as low-fat foods do in calories. At the selective Wilson Senior High School in Washington, each AP English class read at least 10 novels this year, but those at Bell Multicultural, in which about 70% of students speak English as a second language, read only four. Agnes Akwarandu, the AP English...