A Harvard-led analysis of 85,168 women and 44,548 men found low-carbohydrate diets tied to a 12 percent higher overall death risk. Those eating the most animal fat and protein were 23 percent more likely to die of any cause, while plant-based low-carb diets tracked with lower risk.
David Liu
Alerts
Another egg recall issued, salmonella outbreak updated
Sparboe Farms voluntarily recalled eggs produced by Wright County Egg and Hillandale Farms and distributed across ten states, one of about a dozen recalls tied to a salmonella outbreak that had sickened more than a thousand people. Affected plant numbers and Julian dates are listed.
Disease
Drinking Alcohol linked to breast cancer
Following 87,724 postmenopausal women in the Women's Health Initiative, researchers found that one or more drinks a day roughly doubled the risk of lobular and hormone receptor-positive breast cancer, but saw no increase in the far more common ductal type. Type of drink made no difference.
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