Low-Carb Diet May Help You Lose Weight, But Won't Do Much For Your Mood

Monday, November 9, 2009 - 18:28 in Health & Medicine

With the so called obesity epidemic in full swing, many people have turned to low-carb, high-fat diets as an alternative way to lose weight in recent years. While these diets can help people lose weight, some scientists say that they do very little to improve  mood and cognition. A study published today in the Archives of Internal Medicine followed two groups of dieters for one year and found that a low-calorie, low-fat diet appears to be more beneficial to dieters' mood than a low-carbohydrate plan with the same number of calories read more

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