How diets affect longevity
A new study reveals that fad diets show only short-term gains whereas a more holistic, plant-based diet that embraces community bonding offers long-term benefits
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THE increasing affluence of modern cities has created an environment where weight gain becomes effortless and maintaining your body in good health becomes a common pursuit. Weight loss solutions sprout to meet the demands for losing weight and people are bombarded with endless diet remedies that promise get-thin-quickly solutions. With each diet solution purporting to be the best and most effective, how does one choose from these diet choices? A recent November publication in the Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes journal provides some answers.
Popular diets - do they work?
Among the four popular diet plans that were studied in the publication, three of them were low-carbohydrate diets, including the Atkins diet, the South Beach diet and the Zone diet. Millions of books on these three diets have been sold.
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