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Like wheat flour, rye flour can be used to make minimally processed, whole grain breads, bagels and cereals or be hyper-processed and used to make rye-esque refined carb products. Our supermarkets are full of the latter.
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Dr. John McDougall has been writing about and researching nutrition and obesity for decades. He’s written 12 best-selling books on the subject, and helped countless people lose weight. But his new book stands to get him more attention than any of the others. Much of what’s in The Starch Solution, which came out earlier this year, is excellently researched, scientifically-backed…and totally contradictory to what most Americans think they know about food and weight loss. More
A recent trip to the grocery store reminded me: Whole grains aren’t always what they seem. At least not in the supermarket aisle, where a ridiculous amount of “whole grain” products contain as little as 40% whole grain. More
In Sweden, the popularity of a low carb, high fat (LCHF) diet similar to the Atkins diet is being blamed for a surge in national cholesterol levels. Meanwhile, all that dieting isn’t making the Swedes any “smalare,” or skinnier—average BMI has also been rising. More
The latest South Beach Diet book—The South Beach Wake-Up Call—says too few Americans are changing the unhealthy way they eat, and this is lurching us towards the “sickest generation” yet, with younger people “achier and more tired than ever.” In the book, subtitled Why America Is Still Getting Fatter And Sicker, Plus 7 Simple Strategies For Reversing Our Toxic Lifestyle, author and cardiologist Arthur Agatston warns that those between 30 and 45 years old “should be very worried” about how being the first generation born into the “fast-food, sedentary, screen-obsessed culture” will affect them as they age (presumably those younger will learn from their elders?). More
Britain’s Daily Mail is touting the ‘potato diet’ today, claiming spuds could be the latest ‘superfood.’ The reason for the sudden interest in the much-maligned potato is a recent USDA-funded study finding eating a portion of potatoes twice a day can lower blood pressure, and doesn’t lead to weight gain. More
Last week, we asked what’s up with skinny girls and carbs. (Or, more specifically, can Gwyneth Paltrow possibly be eating all that pasta she’s been cooking up to promote her new cookbook?) Dr. Natasha Turner answered that there are some people who can eat all the carbs they want with no problems—but that’s not most people (especially not post-pubescent women). What’s a pasta lover to do? More
Gwyneth Paltrow’s been cooking up a lot of spaghetti to promote her new cookbook, My Father’s Daughter, but we’re skeptical that she can stay so skinny while noshing on all those carbs. There are endless diets that demand we steer clear of carbs if we want to lose weight, but our inner bread lover is always looking for a diet plan that allows us just the occasional Italian meal. To find out if it’s really possible for skinny girls to eat spaghetti, we consulted Dr. Natasha Turner, author of The Hormone Diet, to find out whether carbs could really be a part of our healthy weight loss plan. The verdict? It depends on your metabolism. More
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Is it just me, or has Gwyneth Paltrow been spotted with an awful lot of pasta lately for someone who’s proselytized about the evils of carbs? I don’t want to hate on angel hair, and god knows there’s nothing better … More
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I have my tongue firmly placed in cheek when reading Gwyneth Paltrow’s GOOP newsletters, but I have to admit: I do read them. Sometimes. Most go straight to my outbox, but her latest newscast about overcoming sugar addiction caught my eye. After all, who wouldn’t want to know a tall, svelte actress’s secret to staying away from the brownie pan? Pray tell, Gwyneth, how do we overcome the bane of our diets? More
Does it matter what we put into our bodies right after we’re done exercising? Yes. While we assume we shouldn’t bite into a Big Mac after a tough gym session (or ever), we’re not exactly sure what we should be eating to make the most of the workout we just had. More
Low-carb diets have been shown to have a lot of health benefits, but not all are equal. A Harvard study found that people who eat a low-carb, high-protein diet where most of the protein comes from meat have a 14% increased risk of dying from heart disease, and a 28% increased risk of dying of cancer. This is compared to people who eat a low-carb, high-protein diet with most of the protein coming from plant-based sources.
Is this research enough to make you change your eating habits? More
