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A columnist for commonvoice.com urges consumers who are interested in trying a low-carb diet to disregard the media hype about fads like the Atkins diet and be cautious about advertisers selling "low-carb" foods, since many of these foods might not really be the best for your health.
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Little did I know then, but the hype was far from over, as evidenced by the thousands of headlines this past week in the wake of Atkins Nutritionals filing for bankruptcy protection in New York.
The life or death of a company or a segment in the processed foods industry has little effect on the day to day lives of those living with obesity and its related health problems.
As I said back in October, for too long, low-carb has been defined by how many products are on store shelves and how well they're selling rather than the efficacy of low-carb diets on health.
For the media, the success of low-carb diets was measured in dollars and cents rather than pounds and inches; sales data crunched instead of scientific data.
The food industry is focused on profits and convincing you to buy their products.
Here's a little secret you'll not hear from the lips of industry executives -- your best bet is real, whole foods if you want to lose weight, keep it off and improve your health.
"Be food aware - remember that fresh meat, fish, fowl, vegetables, nuts, seeds and occasional fruits and starches are foods nature designed for you to eat.
While the science isn't as sexy as the marketing hype, it is where you'll find the evidence that low-carb diets work.
Unlike the mass media, there is no such thing as a "fad" amongst researchers and scientists - the data is either there or it isn't -- no one is going to fund research that leads to a dead-end.
If you're one of the millions who are overweight or obese looking for a way to lose the weight and keep it off for the long-term, here's my advice -- ignore the headlines and educate yourself about why
low-carb diets work and whom they are most appropriate for.
About the author: Mike Adams is an award-winning journalist and holistic nutritionist with a strong interest in personal health, the environment and the power of nature to help us all heal He is a prolific writer and has published thousands of articles, interviews, reports and consumer guides, and he has published numerous courses on preparedness and survival, including financial preparedness, emergency food supplies, urban survival and tactical self-defense. Adams is an independent journalist with strong ethics who does not get paid to write articles about any product or company. In 2010, Adams launched TV.NaturalNews.com, a natural health video site featuring videos on holistic health and green living. He also founded an environmentally-friendly online retailer called BetterLifeGoods.com that uses retail profits to help support consumer advocacy programs. He's also the founder of a well known HTML email software company whose 'Email Marketing Director' software currently runs the NaturalNews subscription database. Adams is currently the executive director of the Consumer Wellness Center, a 501(c)3 non-profit, and regularly pursues cycling, nature photography, Capoeira and Pilates. Known on the 'net as 'the Health Ranger,' Adams shares his ethics, mission statements and personal health statistics at www.HealthRanger.org
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