New Research Sheds Light on Low-Carb Craze - KCBD NewsChannel 11
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research is shedding some light on why people can lose weight so
fast on low-carb diets.  The study at Temple University finds
the bottom line is calories. When you look at what the low-carb
diet means, taking away your carbohydrates which include
potatoes, bread, pasta then, it's easy to see you're putting
yourself on a diet that removes a lot of calories.  "At the end
of the day, it depends on how many calories you have eaten and
how many calories you have spent through activity. But the study
taught us that it's the carbohydrates that stimulate the
appetite and therefore, if you eat more carbohydrates, you're
going to have a greater intake of calories," says Dr. Guenther
Boden, with the Temple University School of Medicine.
Researchers say it's too early to understand the long term
effects of a low-carb diet, but at this point, their findings
underscore the theory that weight loss is