Word: wurtman
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...simple sugars and refined carbohydrates from your diet, great. But if you are skimping on produce and whole grains and instead shoveling animal and dairy fats into your body, you are short-changing your health. "The diet-industrial-complex is now pushing low carbs full steam ahead," says Wurtman. "It may take a long time, but 10 years from now, people are going to look back on this and say, 'Boy, were we really stupid.'" --By David Bjerklie
Bear in mind too that carbs are linked to the regulation of a key neurotransmitter called serotonin, which, says M.I.T. brain researcher Judith Wurtman, "is essential for feelings of fullness as well as a good mood." And again, complex, not simple, carbs are the best way to maintain an even keel when it comes to both appetite and mood...