Low-carbohydrate diets or low-carb diets are dietary programs that restrict carbohydrate consumption primarily for weight control. Foods high in digestible carbohydrates are limited or replaced with foods containing a higher percentage of proteins and fats.

A professional doctors' group has petitioned the Food and Drug Administration to require that Avandia's warning label include a statement that a low-fat vegan diet is a safer, more effective approach to lowering blood sugar levels than the drug itself.

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Nutrition standards would allow plain bottled water and 8 ounce servings of fruit juice or plain or flavored low-fat milk to be sold in elementary/middle schools. High school students could also buy diet soda or, in places like school gyms, sports drinks. And food for sale would have to be limited in saturated and trans fat with less than 35% sugar

"The problem: My diet doesn't fit any of the usual descriptions. It's not low-carb, low-fat, or high-protein. I'm not a vegetarian, and I haven't sworn off sugar. The truth is, I eat almost everything. And that's what makes it so effective."

A few years ago, the low-carb diet craze was in full force and it looked like sugar might never return to society's good graces but a team of scientists at Queen Margaret University has found that a low-fat, high-carbohydrate diet containing sugar achieved more weight loss than one with sugar substitutes