High Protein? High Carb? Your Best Diet May Surprise You (2)?

Nan Kathryn Fuchs PhD

The following is one in an ongoing series of columns entitled Women's Nutrition Detective by Nan Kathryn Fuchs PhD.View all columns in series

Among modern hunter-gatherers, the percentages of total protein and fat have been found to vary from 36 percent to 97 percent, with total carbohydrates varying from three percent to 64 percent – and the people at both “extremes” are equally disease-free.
– Jonathan V. Wright, MD

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High Protein? High Carb? Your Best Diet May Surprise You (3)?

Nan Kathryn Fuchs PhD

The following is one in an ongoing series of columns entitled Women's Nutrition Detective by Nan Kathryn Fuchs PhD.View all columns in series

You can avoid these problems if you buy free-range chickens. They’re healthier and lower in total fat with 100 percent more essential fats (EFAs). Free-range eggs contain 400 percent more EFAs than ordinary eggs. Omega-3-enriched eggs have even more. Two eggs a day provide good quality protein without elevating cholesterol

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