http://www.medindia.net/healthnews/Low-Carbohydrate-Diet-news.asp Medindia largest health website in india. en-us Copyright 2012. All Rights Reserved. Fri, 25 May 2012 06:29:50 GMT http://www.medindia.net/news/Low-Carbohydrate-Diet-may-Cut-Down-Epileptic-Seizures-in-Adults-32407-1.htm A modified version of the 'Atkins' diet, with high-protein and low-carbohydrate, can effectively diminish epileptic seizures in adults, when drugs and other treatments fail, says a new study. The Atkins-like diet has been successful in controlling seizure in children with epilepsy, and now a new study has found that the low carbohydrate diet could cut down seizures in epileptic adults also. Doctors have always prescribed an eating plan called the ketogenic diet to treat children with epilepsy. This ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Low-Carbohydrate-Diet-may-Cut-Down-Epileptic-Seizures-in-Adults-32407-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=11349 Low Carbohydrate diets are still the first choice of combating type 2 diabetes because it is mainly a disease of insulin and blood sugar regulation but have been resisted by some professionals and agencies in favor of pharmacologic approaches. Now, medical researchers in Sweden have reported a follow-up study of patients on a low-carbohydrate diet up to 22 months and report stable improvement and reduced need for medication. The Swedish group, led by Dr. Jorgen Vesti Nielsen, had previously ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=11349 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=10696 A three-month study by rheumatologists at the University of South Florida stated that a restricted low-carbohydrate diet doesn't increase the bone loss for adults, who follows an Adkins diet prescribed for weight loss and it was published in the online issue of the journal Osteoporosis International. A more broadly used weight reducing technique nowadays is a low carbohydrate diet, but it has its own critics and side effects. One among that is the low carbohydrate diet, which replaces calories ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=10696