Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Breaking News: Low-Carb (High-Fat) Diet Endorsed by Swedish Health Agency

In a first for public health policy the health agency responsible for evaluating clinical efficacy of medical treatments and devices (SBU) issued the results of a two-year study demonstrating low-carb (high-fat) diets show better results in terms of both weight loss and blood chemistry.  You can read more about it on Dr. Andreas Eenfeldt's Diet Doctor web-site (in English!) here, hereherehere, and here.

The importance of the release of this study cannot be overstated.  While many of us would consider the results to be obvious, an official endorsement by a public health agency that in turn drives the treatment recommendations of medical practitioners in that country represents a potentially HUGE shift in obesity rates, diabetes and all of the costs associated with those diseases.  I can only hope other countries follow suit and we can begin to see a significant reversal in the trends of obesity and diabetes from the last 30 years.

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