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Low Carb Diets Will Eliminate the Calcium Out of Your Bones

Posted on March 26th, 2007.

It is considered that low carb diets are always high in protein. People who are on high protein diets are inclined to have more calcium in their urine. But this turns out to be a red herring. It is found out that protein, rather than cause bone loss, actually protects our bones.

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What is Low Carb diet

Posted on March 19th, 2007.

Once carbohydrates enter the blood they turn into glucose. If you use excess amounts of carbohydrates, your blood sugar levels raise causing your pancreas to release insulin that controls where blood sugar is accumulated. Some is utilized for energy, and some is accumulated in the muscles milk as glycogen that is the stored form of […]

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What are Carbohydrates

Posted on February 22nd, 2007.

Carbohydrates are simple molecules that are straight-chain aldehydes or ketones with many hydroxyl groups added, usually one on each carbon atom that is not part of the aldehyde or ketone functional group. The term carbohydrate was originally used to describe compounds that were literally “hydrates of carbon” because they had the empirical formula CH2O. In […]

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Using lots of carbs may lead to breast cancer

Posted on February 7th, 2007.

Latest efforts cencerning the effect of high-carb diet indicated that it may harm not only your slenderness. Researches shown that it can heighten the risk of breast cancer. It was found out that women who use a lot of carbs are more than twice inclined to breast cancer than those who eate less sugar and […]

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