Using new study to back high-fat, low-carb diets is flawed logic

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Using new study to back high-fat, low-carb diets is flawed logic

Fans of high-fat, low-carb diets grasped at a recent study to declare their fringe view proven. They were wrong, say Anthony Warner and Katie Heath

By Anthony Warner and Katie Heath

21 September 2017

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“Low-fat diet could kill you,” . The origin of this surprising message was the publication of the innocuous-sounding Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology (PURE) study.

Its results ““, said the Daily Mail. Many low-carb, high-fat campaigners likewise saw it as public vindication of their non-mainstream mantra. , said that it was time for “a complete U-turn” in the UK’s approach to official advice on what to eat.

Big claims, but did the results justify them?

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