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Do carbohydrates make you fat?

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Leighton Steward's diet book, 'Sugar Busters', claims that sweets and other high-carbohydrate foods are more to blame for obesity than dietary fat. Insulin, which is triggered by sugars, increases the liver's production and transportation of blood fats. The diet eliminates most starches.

Author: Mason, Michael
Publisher: Time Inc., Health
Publication Name: Health (San Francisco, CA)
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 1059-938X
Year: 1998
Physiological aspects, Reducing diets, Criticism and interpretation, Carbohydrates, Nutritional aspects, Carbohydrates in the body, Sugars in human nutrition, Sugar Busters (Book)

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THE SHOCKING TRUTH ABOUT Carbohydrates & your Heart

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Scientists have recently discovered a link between heart disease and insulin resistance. Typical diets thought to prevent heart disease may not be appropriate for individuals with insulin resistance.

Author: Mason, Michael
Publisher: Time Inc., Health
Publication Name: Health (San Francisco, CA)
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 1059-938X
Year: 2000
Research, Heart diseases, Diet, Insulin resistance

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HOW LONG DO YOU REALLY NEED TO EXERCISE TO GET FIT & SLIM?

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Three 20-minute bouts of exercise each week can help to improve physical fitness and shed excess pounds. Short bursts of exercise contribute of overall fitness.

Author: Mason, Michael
Publisher: Time Inc., Health
Publication Name: Health (San Francisco, CA)
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 1059-938X
Year: 1999
Methods, Exercise, Weight loss

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