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Article: FEATURE/New, Low Carb Tortilla Chips Ideal for Diabetics and Weight Watchers, Says Life Services!
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- Business Wire
- Article date:
- April 6, 2001
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FEATURE...
--(BUSINESS WIRE FEATURES)
According to National Institute of Health statistics, more than half the U.S. population is overweight and 16 million Americans have been diagnosed with Type II Diabetes.
Increasing numbers of physicians, nutritionists and researchers think the government-promoted Food Pyramid, that advises people to build their whole diet on a foundation of bread, grains and other high carbohydrate foods, is to blame for the epidemic of obesity and diabetes.
The Food Pyramid ignores the "glycemic" index of carbohydrates, which is a measure of how much a specific food increases blood ...