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Old Fri, May-21-04, 08:57
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There is nothing positive about this paper: The summary at the beginning states:

1. As present, there is insufficient evidence to support the adoption of very low carbohydrate diets for long-term weight loss.
2. The Heart Foundation is concerned that:
a) The high and unrestricted saturated fat content of many VLCarb diets may contribute to cardiovascular risk, and
b) many VLCarb diets do not provide adequate nutrition, particularly in dietary folate, calcium and dietary fiber...
etc. etc. etc.
then on to pages 8, 9, & 10 showing what to eat and not to eat is exactly what they have been saying ad nauseum for decades, for example under comments for Dairy products: Saturated fats from full fat dairy products increase plasma cholesterol and therefore heart disease risk.

Obviously, the heart foundations world wide are still wearing blinders when it comes to looking at the blood lipid results of low-carb dieters. I don't know why that is? Perhaps someone could clue me in?
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