Registered Dietician Information

Family Medicine

Dr. Katherine Chauncey, Ph.D.
Registered Dietician

Whole Foods Diet

Low-Carb Dieting for Dummies

Dr. Katherine Chauncey is a Registered Dietician that is an author of Dieting for Dummies. Want to know more about her book?

An excerpt:

"To Eat Low-Carb or Low-Fat? That Is the Question

Currently, the debate rages between proponents of low-fat and low-carb diets .I'm sure you've heard the sound byte, "Fat makes you fat". Most Americans have gotten the low-fat dieting message. In fact, on average, Americans have reduced the percentage of fat in their diet to 33 percent of the calories they consume, as recommend by the low-fat experts. But even so, more than half of adult Americans are overweight. Our overall percentage of calories from fat went down, primarily because the actual number of calories we eat has gone up. We are eating more food than ever. Carbohydrate has replaced much of the fat in the American diet and the increased food intake means an increased carbohydrate intake. This increased carbohydrate intake is largely sugars, sweeteners, and processed flour. The increase in carbohydrate from these refined sources has had a direct impact on the health (and waistlines) of Americans."