Advice to shift to low-fat diets may have been counterproductive
Encouragement over the last 30 years to shift towards low-fat diets as the key to healthy weight and good health may have been misguided—as evidence suggests that low-fat diets don't make it easier to lose weight and don't appear to offer any special health benefits—and counterproductive as low-fat diets are often high in carbohydrates (especially from rapidly digested sources, such as white bread and white rice) which increase the risk of weight gain, diabetes, and heart disease.
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