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Low-Fat Diet Does Not Cut Health Risks

Posted: Wednesday, February 15, 2006

The largest study ever to ask whether a low-fat diet reduces the risk of getting cancer or heart disease has found that the diet has no effect

High-Carbohydrate Diet Increases Blood Pressure in Diabetics

Posted: Thursday, December 08, 2005

In patients with type 2 diabetes, 14 weeks of a high-carbohydrate diet modestly raises blood pressure compared to a diet high in cis-monounsaturated fat.

Eat Fat to Lose Fat

Posted: Friday, May 20, 2005

Fat consumption in the diet can lead to healthy blood levels of sugar and cholesterol, say researchers

McDonald's Settles Trans Fats Lawsuits

Posted: Friday, February 18, 2005

McDonalds agreed to pay $8.5 million to settle two lawsuits accusing it of misleading consumers about the levels of trans fat in its food. But its 13,000 stores in the United States still use oil containing trans fat to cook chicken, fries and fish.

High- and Low-Carb Diets Produce Similar Results

Posted: Tuesday, November 30, 2004

A rare head-to-head comparison of a high glycemic index (GI)/high-carbohydrate diet with a low-GI/low-carbohydrate diet resulted in comparable weight loss and increase in insulin sensitivity. "If people consume a healthy diet that is calorie restricted, they are going to lose weight, and the quality of the carbohydrates doesn't really matter,"

How Do High Carb Diets Lead To Obesity And Diabetes?

Posted: Sunday, November 07, 2004

Dr. Kosaku Uyeda, professor of biochemistry, has shown that a single protein called carbohydrate response element binding protein (ChREBP), discovered by his research group, activates several genes that cause cells in the liver to turn sugar into fat.