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By Jessica Wharton<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

U.S. News & World Report is misinforming its readers on low-carb diets. The magazine\u2019s recently<\/a> published article criticizes the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) for launching a program that uses a ketogenic diet combined with a mobile app to treat Type 2 diabetes, in partnership with a private company, Virta Health. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In response the criticism and misstatements in the article, some 300 health-care professionals–200 of them doctors– from around the world recently signed a response letter<\/a> written by the Low-carb Action Network, which welcomes skepticism yet wonders why the U.S. News editorial team has been so excessively critical of a new, evidence-based approach that is strongly supported by rigorous, clinical trial evidence and, in the view of many doctors working on the front lines dealing with diet-related diseases, offers the first truly promising solution to a long-tragic epidemic.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The letter to U.S. News further questions the decision by its editors to publish the complaints of an animal-rights group when the issues at hand are clearly about science and health. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\n Letter further  addresses many false statements in the article, noting \nthat the concerns raised by U.S. News have repeatedly been addressed and\n proven false: the low-carb diet is not nutrient deficient, and its \ntendency to raise LDL-cholesterol is usually transient (Moreover, it \nraises the \u201cgood\u201d kind of LDL particles, not the small, dense \natherogenic kind) The low-carb diet also reliably raises  the \u201cgood,\u201d \nHDL-cholesterol that has been strongly linked with lower heart-disease \nrisk. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Patients with diabetes deserve to know the best and most current science on how to get healthier. The open letter from doctors encourages U.S. News to develop a more science-based approach to its reporting, for the sake of the health of its readers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

TO SEE THE LETTER AND THE LIST OF DOCTORS, CLICK HERE.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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