Low fat or low carb? (vegetables, carbohydrates, working out, calorie)
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I was a regular bacon eater but cut way back after reading about the link between nitrites and colon cancer. That bad stuff's found in almost all process meat so probably good to limit how much of that you consume. Atkins advises against eating processed meats, probably for good reason.
According to the recently published National Health and Nutritional Examination Study, American obesity rates as a percentage of the total population tripled from about 12% in 1975 to 34% in 2006.
As a percentage of our diets, carbohydrate consumption increased 10%, while both fat and protein consumption dropped 10% during this same period of time.
This is just one study. There are dozens of them implicating excess carbohydrate consumpution as a percentage of American diets as the reason for obesity, not high fat.
Give me the juicy burger with an extra slab of butter anytime with a side salad of lettuce, onions, tomatoes, chopped vegs and a vinegarette dressing. Hold the bun and french fries. Low carb for me.
Last edited by texan2yankee; 07-28-2011 at 02:52 PM..
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