News Is Poor Diet and Inactivity the Next Leading Cause of Death in America?

[adrenaline]

Here is more on the mediterranean diet vs. the antiquated USDA food pyramid ( rmember, the latter was not founded on good science and was also influenced by the dep of agriculture )

http://www.oldwayspt.org/pyramids/med/med_qa.html#q1

 

[Zero]

Well, Atkins is frankly too restrictive, and not heart-healthy. A good compromise is the South Beach diet, which allows carbs, but generally relies mostly on fruit and vegetables to provide them. Plus, since it puts so much emphasis on eating vegetables, you get all your vitamins and what-not.

I don't think carbs are the problem, it is the refined sugar. When you get your carbs in complex forms along with fiber and fat, they don't just get dumped into your bloodstream.