The Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) are highly influential, crucially shaping the Nation’s health, yet in the 40 years since the Guidelines were launched that health has declined sharply. Today, 42.8% of adults have obesity,
A clinical trial recently published in Nutrition & Metabolism by researchers with the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Nutrition Obesity Research Center shows that a low-carbohydrate diet significantly improved body composition, fat distribution, and metabolic
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Low-Carb Action Network (L-CAN) yesterday provided oral comments to the Departments of Agriculture and Health and Human Services (USDA-HHS) on the importance of including low-carb science in the 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans
The documentary, Fat Fiction, features a cast of many of the best-known, innovative, and knowledgeable practitioners, researchers and journalists in the world of therapeutic carbohydrate restriction, but one could argue that the film’s true stars
On Wednesday, July 15 the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee released their final report which excludes all low-carbohydrate studies, all trials on weight-loss, and fails to address numerous process and methodological concerns.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Low-Carb Action Network (L-CAN) today voiced strong objections to the final report by the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC), which excludes all low-carbohydrate studies, all trials on weight-loss, and failed to address numerous
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Low-Carb Action Network (L-CAN) rallied nutrition groups, medical doctors and thousands of grassroots Americans yesterday in a TweetStorm calling to delay the Dietary Guidelines’ final report, currently scheduled to be released in mid-July.
What do your grade-school child, your loved one recovering from surgery in a hospital, and neighbor’s son or daughter serving in the US military have in common? The answer: what they had for lunch. The