NHS: "Eat more 'good' carbohydrates and less protein for a longer life," reports the Mirror. It seems like only last week that the media was advising us to eat
less carbohydrates. The reality is that neither today's "pro-carbs" or
recent "anti-carbs" news stories have changed government food advice. Today’s news refers to a short study of different diets on a
relatively small number of mice – not people. It's always a fairly safe
bet that studies in mice have few implications for the British human
public – and today’s news is no exception. And the study did not look at "good" or "bad" carbohydrates, nor the
effect of the diet on lifespan. Instead, mice randomly got to eat one of
three diets, with either unlimited access or in a calorie restricted
fashion. All diets had 20% fat content, and then either a high, low or
medium protein to carbohydrate ratio.
