Low-carb craze is just plain crazy, nutrition expert says

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A hospital nutritionist in Colorado says America's low-carb craze is just a bunch of marketing craziness. There's more to losing weight and staying healthy than counting carbs, she says, and companies that hype their "low-carb" products often fail to point out that eating large portions of their food is unhealthy for other reasons. Many low-carb foods have inadvisable amounts of fat, for example.

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