Local doc has the skinny on carb vs. fat cut
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While teams of researchers argue over whether low-fat or low-carb diets work best to shed pounds, a local doctor is urging people to split the difference.
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NEW YORK  - Some researchers are questioning whether national guidelines advising Americans to eat a low-fat diet have had the unintended consequence of feeding the current obesity epidemic.
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Popular diets such as Atkins and South Beach recommend eating few or no carbohydrates to lose weight. But not all carbs are created equal, and now evidence suggests that using the &quot;glycemic index&quot; may be the way to shed pounds and boost health.
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Dieters on the popular high-fat, low-carb Atkins approach lose just as much body fat as those on low-fat diets, but the annoying low-carb side effects could mean problems down the road, according to a scientist who reviewed five dozen diet studies.
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A new study suggests a man's weight may affect the accuracy of a common test to detect prostate cancer, leading researchers to warn that doctors could be missing the dangerous cancer in obese men.
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Measuring a type of blood fat called triglycerides hours after a person has eaten may offer a better way to predict heart disease risk than making the person fast overnight, two studies suggest.
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According to a new study, a low fat diet beats low carb when it comes to keeping weight off, in the long term. The research fuels the debate over the effectiveness of Atkins style diets.
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NEW YORK  - Short bursts of exercise may  help reduce the potentially dangerous spikes in blood fats that  occur after fatty meals.
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People 65 years of age or older  may think twice about having weight loss surgery, according to  a surgeon who performs this operation and has studied the  outcome.
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NEW YORK  - A low-carbohydrate diet can  help severely obese people improve their cholesterol levels,  and it may curb markers of inflammation better than a  reduced-fat diet, preliminary research suggests.
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NEW YORK  - Cutting carbohydrates in  pregnancy may help babies' livers, protecting them from later  diseases such as diabetes, according to preliminary studies  conducted in mice.
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The Atkins diet is more effective on men than women, according to the results of a University of Connecticut study. \\. A third of the 15 men on the low carbohydrate diet lost more than 10lbs with one participant
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By Kathleen Doheny, HealthDay Reporter    HealthDayNews -- Gather together some diners who are trying to lose weight, then sit back and listen to the debate.    Almost anyone who's on a diet -- or at least one that's working -- is convinced his or her plan is the best...
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A study by a major health-care provider seeks to deepen the understanding of how the interplay of genetics and lifestyle affect your health. By the Associated Press.
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INDIANAPOLIS -- A doctor is leading a campaign aimed at requiring insurance companies to fund programs that would help people lose weight with exercise programs and diet counseling.
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ATKINS-style diets are the best for shifting pot bellies in middle-aged men, say researchers. Doctors found fat loss from the chest and stomach was three times greater on the low carbohydrate regimes than a low-fat plan.
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Obesity is considered a major public health problem today, but a number of scientists are coming to see it as a comparative blessing, given the alternative.