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Article: Study finds Atkins diet may have surprising benefit on cholesterol
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- AP Worldstream
- Article date:
- November 18, 2002
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Dateline: CHICAGO
Multitudes swear by the high-fat, low-carbohydrate Atkins diet, and
now a carefully controlled study backs them up: Low-carbohydrate diets
may actually take off more weight than low-fat diets and may be surprisingly
better for cholesterol, too.
For years, the Atkins formula of sparing carbohydrates and loading
up on taboo fatty foods has been blasphemy to many in the health establishment,
who view it as a formula for cardiovascular ruin.
But now, some of the same researchers who long scoffed at the diet
are putting it to the test, and they say the results astonish them.
Rather than making cholesterol soar, as they feared, the diet actually
appears to ...