Low-carb diets are mostly built on the belief that they can help people lose weight by eliminating or reducing carbohydrates and replacing them with other foods, particularly those that are rich in protein or fat. While advocates of these diets claim other health benefits, such as a lower rate of heart disease, new research suggests that getting rid of the carbs might not be that healthy after all, as far as life expectancy is concerned.
According to the Washington Post, one of the new papers linking low-carb diets to a higher chance of premature death came from a team of Harvard University and University of Minnesota researchers, who reviewed data from the large-scale Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study to come up with their findings. The researchers conducted the study because existing trials that had associated carbohydrate reduction to a number of health benefits only covered the short term.
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