Low-carb diets and cognitive function
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Tags: carb, cognitive, diets, function
Low carb diets may reduce cognitive function, according to a small but well-designed study done at Tufts. Dieters eating low carbohydrate diets for just one week performed more poorly on tests of memory and reaction times than a similar group of dieters on a higher carb regimen. Their performance improved after increasing carbohydrates.
Interestingly, the low carb dieters did better than the other dieters on tests of attention span, Read the rest of this entry »
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Dec 17 2008