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Article: Low-Carb Diets Take a Punch
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- July 6, 2004
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Low-carb diets are in the hot seat.
While the South Beach Diet and the Atkins Diet continue to tally
book sales -- an estimated 30 million to date -- 11 health
organizations have teamed up to dispel what they call popular
misconceptions about the low-carbohydrate approach and to warn about
the risk of its long-term use.
The Partnership for Essential Nutrition, led by former U.S.
Surgeon General C. Everett Koop's Shape Up America! group, cautions
that studies show the low-carb approach can starve the brain of
carbohydrates, produce constipation and other gastrointestinal
problems, reduce energy levels and cause difficulty concentrating.
In the long run, the groups warn, the regimens can ...