-+rebecca

Read the NYT article via the link below. Why is it called Carbophobia? The author Gary Taubes has just written a book called.... Taubes argues that the best diet is high in calories from ________ and _________ but low in calories from _________. Taubes thinks there are three important diet myths. Too much dietary fat causes .... Lack of dietary fiber causes ... Too much dietary salt causes ... Taubes argues that calories from ________ are worse than calories from _________. But what evidence suggests that a calorie is a calorie regardless of the source? 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? Click on "obesity". What is the BMI range for an obese person? overweight? What percentage of Americans are overweight? How has the percentage of obese adolescents changed? Click on "colon cancer". Where does the colon begin? End? Look on this page, who recently had 5 polyps removed from his colon? What is a colon polyp? 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?