Diet Solution to Weight Gain Epidemic Revealed!
An RD’s lessons from the Harvard Study Thanks to Right Angle Tutors for use of this photo Harvard researchers just discovered the cure to the so-called obesity epidemic. Or so you may think from their press release June 22, 2011 and from the media blitz that followed Effect of Lifestyle On Weight Gain, published in the NEJM. Powerful statements linking specific foods and food categories with resulting weight change emerged. And any progress we had made as a society toward a balanced approach to eating, to a move away from rigid food rules, crazy diets, and food paranoia was destroyed. They concluded the following: There are ‘good’ foods and there are ‘bad’ foods Focusing on specific foods to avoid versus counting total calories is the way to consume less Changing carbohydrate type is the answer for weight control, by eating less sugars and other sweets Fruits, vegetables, whole grains, nuts and yogurt prevent long term weight gain Do the fruit and nuts get to count as a fru...