Low-carb and keto news highlights

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This week, we summarize the top five news articles and studies in the low-carb realm, plus some success stories. Does carefully following the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) work to improve blood sugar control and blood lipids? This 8 week RCT, testing a near-ideal DGA diet versus a typical American diet, suggests the answer is “NO.” “Fasting insulin, glucose, triglycerides, oral-glucose tolerance, and indexes of insulin resistance not affected by either of the diets.” The only improvement was a reduction in blood pressure. Cutting back on salt? Why bother? MedPage reports that new PURE study results, published in this week’s The Lancet, show, for those consuming less than 4g sodium/day, reducing salt is associated with MORE heart events. (Average US consumption is 3.4g/day.) NYT reporter, Anahad O’Connor, chronicles yet another dietary advice switcharoo. The American Heart Association rolls back its longstanding advice to eat a variety of foods. Now,...
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