Science Found a Diet That Actually Works & Mother Jones Econundrums 2NOV15

This Week's Econundrum

Here's a Diet That Actually Works, and Has the Science to Prove It It's official: Low-fat dietary dogma—and, by extension, the plethora of processed junk the food industry conjured up to indulge it—has passed its sell-by date. In a study published last week, a team of Harvard researchers compared 53 studies of the weight-loss effects of low-fat diets versus other regimens like low carb. The result: Low-fat diets just didn't measure up. But another new study hit upon a diet that showed remarkable results. [READ MORE]

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