According to a study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine (September 1 edition), a Mediterranean diet low in carbs scored far better in diabetics than a low fat diet as recommended by the American Heart Association. Article source here. A summary in Medpage Today says that “Among diabetics who followed a Mediterranean-style diet, only [...]
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Many patients and physicians are averse to bariatric surgery for the management of morbid obesity and its attendant evils of diabetes, hypertension, sleep apnea, etc. Fair enough, I say, but then how do you achieve fat loss when you are unlikely to be in the 5% who will achieve it with lifestyle changes? Clearly, people [...]
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The Atkins Diet is one of several types of low carb/slow carb/no carb diet that have strong advocates and critics. Often the discussions in internet fora are heated and sink to name-calling and abuse, including colorful descriptions of what someone’s head would be good for. According to the low carb advocates, if you consume less [...]
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Okay, as doctors we are used to saying things you don’t want to here. So let me tell you something that will hurt many of you in a most sensitive place. And that is: Sugar is white poison. Delicious. Makes life seem worth living. Addictive. So many more things. But the bottomline is that sugar [...]
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