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...Medicine, it looks as if our national obsession with all things fiber may not be yielding the results we'd hoped for, particularly in the realm of colorectal cancer. The Journal report describes two multiyear studies in which half the 3,000 subjects suffered through an eternity of low-fat, high-fiber diets, while the other half went happily on their way eating their usual (read: low-fiber) foods. In a development that more than one researcher calls "shocking," members of the high-fiber group were no slower than their ostensibly less healthy counterparts to develop colorectal polyps - often...
This does not constitute a green light, of course, to rush right out and gobble down giant chunks of cheese. As researchers are quick to point out, there are still significant health benefits to eating a low-fat, high fiber diet, including reduced risk of diabetes and heart disease. And there are still plenty of scientists and doctors who would like to see a decade-long study on high-fiber diets before calling them off for patients at risk for colorectal cancer. But preliminary as it may be, the message from the Journal article serves to validate the concerns...
Half the country is fat, half low-fat. Butter and eggs, once out, are in; I suppose you have tossed them out again. Coffee, once considered poison, turns out to be harmless. Red meat is not as lethal as once thought. Take a shot of Scotch, of red wine. Take a shot: vaccines are on the way soon that will prevent pneumonia, rheumatic fever, meningitis and the flu. There's a new prospect called regenerative medicine--using the body's own stem cells and growth factors to repair tissue. We make ourselves anew...
...Gingrich has had plenty else to keep him busy and engage the idea-a-minute side of him that so often exasperated his colleagues when he was running the House. The most unlikely reincarnation of the paunchy ex-lawmaker is as a zealous advocate of the virtues of a low-fat diet, exercise and stress management. Although he is occasionally seen at a downtown Washington health club, no one would call him buff--he is still carrying the legacy of too many cheeseburgers and Fritos from the Capitol basement takeout. But that has not prevented him from bonding with best...
...much and don't exercise enough, plain and simple! The portions are huge, and we won't settle for less. We want bagels and muffins the size of Rhode Island. We megasize and supersize our already calorie-laden fast-food meals. Why is it that other countries following a low-fat high-carbohydrate diet don't have the obesity problem we Americans do? Because others know how to eat and when to stop. COLLEEN THOMPSON, R.D. Wallingford, Conn...