8.18.2004

Low Carb = Low Cancer?

There's a lot of evidence that limiting your intake of simple (aka 'bad') carbs may be the best thing you can do to avoid getting cancer. Many experts believe that diets like Atkins and the South Beach Diet are much closer to the 'natural' way humans are designed to eat. That means basically that they work with our bodies instead of against them. (In my opinion the South Beach eating plan is the healthiest mainstream diet on the market.)

A new study has linked high processed carb intake with increased rate of breast cancer in women. According to health expert Larrian Gillespie...

"Your best bet is to select low glycemic carbs, such as berries, stone ground whole wheat and lots of vegetables but not let them exceed 40% of your total calorie consumption if you want to lower your risk of developing breast cancer..."


Learn more about carbs and cancer...

1 Comments:

At 1:55 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

that makes no sense!!
when you go on a low carb diet, the chances that you would decrease your fruit intake increaese, and we all know that fruits and vegetable help to reduce risk of cancer. An average American takes about 2 or less servings a day, much lower than the 8 servings recommended.

 

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