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Anyone who has low carbed for any length of time has heard the litany of dire health predictions: "You'll get heart disease!" "It will weaken your bones!" "You won't have any energy!" Etcetera, etcetera, etcetera.

From the makers of the bestselling low-carb ChocoPerfection chocolate bars, the Livin' La Vida Low-Carb Bar is ready to make a big splash in the low-carb world, so you won't want to miss out on this sizzling hot new product.

Sometimes the articles just write themselves. I was futzing around on line when I found this webpage: A Low Carbs (sic) Diet is Hazardous to Your Health For Ten Reasons. It was so off the mark, I had to write a response. Then, as I finished it, I realized I'd just written my article for this week!

The Effect of a Plant-Based Low-Carbohydrate ("Eco-Atkins") Diet on Body Weight and Blood Lipid Concentrations in Hyperlipidemic Subjects

Dana Carpender talks about the supposed demise of low carb diets. It ain't true - Low-Carb diets are alive and well and making people alive and well. What are you doing at a low carb website? Didn't you know low carb is dead? It's soooo 2003! The pundits are ever so grateful that all that nonsense about cutting out pasta and potatoes in favor of meat and eggs has fallen by the wayside. It was a fad! It was so weird! Oh, sure, you lost a few pounds, but nobody could eat that way long term. And anyway, everybody knows that's unhealthy! Yeah, right...

Well, something must have happened since the calendar flipped to 2007 because the Dana Carpender of old is back! This is the one who boldly champions livin' la vida low-carb using her bully pulpit national column to do so. It's good to see she has returned to the roots of where she began because Dana Carpender without "low-carb" is like SpongeBob without SquarePants (now there's a visual for ya!).

Why so sad? You know, you really need to start eating more fat! A new study presented at the 64th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society in Denver, Colorado has concluded that an increased consumption of omega-3 fatty acids could play a role in improving overall state of mind, controlling mood swings and diminishing erratic and sometimes suicidal behavior.

This Syracuse Post-Standard story reveals that one in five of New York City residents are clinically obese and yet very few of them know it or will admit it.

Now I think I've heard it all about why overweight and obese Americans can't seem to lose weight. It's their muscle's fault! This Newsday article points to a new study that found the muscles of obese people have been altered genetically to essentially gather fat even after weight loss.

We have heard it over the course of our entire lives that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Now there is new evidence that suggests this traditional adage passed off by many doctors as healthy advice for generations is actually true.

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For the past several months, I've been writing articles about the history of diets and dieting. Eventually, I would have written about Dr. Atkins. 'Eventually' came too soon.