Study: Low-Carb Diet Doesn't Raise Risk Of Heart Disease...

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First Posted: 11- 9-06 04:40 PM   |   Updated: 03-28-08 02:44 AM

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Associated Press:

Eating a low- carb, high-fat diet for years doesn't raise the risk of heart disease, a long-term study suggests, easing fears that the popular Atkins diet and similar regimens might set people up for eventual heart attacks.

The study of thousands of women over two decades found that those who got lots of their carbohydrates from refined sugars and highly processed foods nearly doubled their risk of heart disease.

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Filed by Katharine Zaleski
 



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