look at this folks!

[hanadr]

I am aware that Mercola can be a bit of a nut case, but there are nuggets of old there too
I've just read this and think other people would like to check it out

http://fitness.mercola.com/sites/fitnes ... ucose.aspx

Hana
Ps didn't make a link, but recommend "cut and past"

 

[librarising]

The link worked for me

I know what you mean with Dr Mercola. I always listen to/read him with caution, but I still bother to !
Didn't expect Mark Sisson to get referenced by him. He's obviously more down with the boys than I thought :shock:

Interesting article. Thanks Hana

:wave: :wave: from High Wycombe

Geoff

 

[xyzzy]

Very interesting. The John Hopkins study that is mentioned that compared low carb high fat to high carb low fat diets can be read about here.

http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news..._fat_diet_helps_improve_blood_vessel_function

The study fed two groups roughly the same amount of calories and got them to do the same amount of exercise. The difference was one group was on a traditional high carb low fat diet the other on low carb high fat. The result.

After six months, those who were on the low-carb diet lost an average of 28.9 pounds versus 18.7 pounds among those on the low-fat diet,” says lead investigator Kerry J. Stewart, Ed.D., a professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and director of clinical and research exercise physiology at the Johns Hopkins Heart and Vascular Institute.

and...

In the low-carb diet used in the study, up to 30 percent of calories came from carbs such as bread, pasta and certain fruits, while 40 percent was from fat consumed from meat, dairy products and nuts. In contrast, the low-fat diet consisted of no more than 30 percent of calories from fat and 55 percent from carbs.

Stewart notes that participants on the low-carb diet lost more weight and at a faster pace, on average, which has also been seen in several other studies. He says eating higher amounts of carbohydrates can slow down the rate of body fat loss while on a weight reduction diet.

Both diets were equally good at reducing heart attack risks.

Our study demonstrated that the amount of improvement in the vessels was directly linked to how much central, or belly fat, the individuals lost, regardless of which diet they were on

and concludes low carb high fat diets fine.

These longer-term results show that weight loss, along with exercise, is important for improving vascular health, and suggests following a low-carb diet rather than the conventionally recommended low-fat diet for weight loss is not a concern in terms of vascular health.