Article: What's for dinner?: Low-carb diets miss big picture, dietitian says

johnheys@wvgazette.com

During a recent Saturday visit to Kroger, Linda St. Clair came across a woman offering free apple samples to shoppers in the store's produce section.

When asked if she wanted one, St. Clair, a registered dietitian, replied, "Yes, I eat apples. I'm not on the Atkins diet."

A man shopping nearby overhead St. Clair and started talking about all the eggs he had eaten while trying Atkins, a diet that shuns foods with carbohydrates, including fruits, and espouses protein rich selections.

Then the man patted his large belly.

"See how much good it did me?" The man said he lost some weight but ended up gaining it back.

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