LC-Carbophobia


 * 1) Read the NYT article via the link below. Why is it called **Carbophobia**? Carbophobia is the name of the article becuase Taubes argues that the best diet for weight control is one high in protein and low in carbohydrates. Also this title is implying that people are very scared and confused on how to manage the intake of certain food groups, recently carbohydrates in particular.
 * 2) The author Gary Taubes has just written a book called.... "Good Calories, Bad Calories"
 * 3) Taubes argues that the best diet is high in calories from and _ but low in calories from _. high protein low i carbohydrates
 * 4) Taubes thinks there are three important diet myths.
 * 5) Too much dietary fat causes .... heart disease
 * 6) Lack of dietary fiber causes ... colon cancer
 * 7) Too much dietary salt causes ... high blood pressure
 * 8) Taubes argues that calories from are worse than calories from _. But what evidence suggests that a calorie is a calorie regardless of the source? Calories from sugar are worse than calories from fat. An experiment gave one percent 85 % carb diet and one person an 85% protein diet and the two had very similar weight results.
 * 9) Click on "**diabetes**". What is diabetes? What causes diabetes? What is the normal role of insulin? What are some differences between Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes? Diabetes mellitus is a syndrome in which a person has abnormally high blood sugar due to the lack of the hormone, insulin. Insulin is the hormone that allows the body to know it has the nutrients it needs and can store glucose as glycogen. Type 1 diabetes is a lack of the hormone insulin and Type 2 diabetes is the body's resistance to insulin.
 * 10) Click on "**obesity**". What is the BMI range for an obese person? overweight? What percentage of Americans are overweight? How has the The BMI range for obesity: 30-39.9 overweight: 25-29.9 percentage of obese Americans: 32.2% adults and 17.1% of children are obese... Obesity in adolescents has tripled since only 2003.
 * 11) Click on "**colon cancer**". Where does the colon begin? Large Intestine End? Rectum Look on this page, who recently had 5 polyps removed from his colon? What is a colon polyp? President Bush had 5 colon polyps which are small tumors in the colon. Often they are benign when found.
 * 12) Click on "**cholesterol**" What is cholesterol? What is its function? What is a side effect of cholesterol in your diet? What are food sources high in cholesterol? What is LDL? What is HDL? What percentage of your diet should be fat? What percentage of the diet is fat for the average American? Which diet had more food (the average American diet or the Low-fat diet? Why? Cholesterol is a soft, waxy substance found in all parts of the body. It is used to produce hormones among other things. Cholesterol can cause a high risk of heart disease. Food such as eggs, dairy products, meat and poultry. LDL is low density lipoprotein that is known as "bad cholesterol". HDL is high density lipoprotein or "good cholesterol". 25-35% of calories should be fat, but the average American has 38% fat in their daily caloric intake. The low fat diet has more food with more nutrients because there are fewer calories in healthy food but more nutrients.
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