I think some of the commenters nailed the distinction here! Most of your diet can be carbs without it being extremely high carb (in fact the very high carb intake seen in the study may have been a proxy for malnutrition). Many plant foods have plenty of fat in them: think avocados, olives, even tofu is about 50%…

I think something people miss when they say things like going on a “low carb diet” or “low fat diet” is that they are meant to be low until your at a healthy weight. For most people you starting from an overweight state. By going low carb or low fat your forcing your body to begin burning your fat stores and thus lose…

In other news: don’t freak out over every dietary related article. This stuff was clickbait decades before there was clickbait.