Best diet for your heart: Low carb or low fat?


While in the past, nutritionists advocated for as little intake of fat as possible, now, the conventional wisdom is to take moderate amounts of healthy fats as they can help protect the heart. — AFP

Food impacts on health.

Various popular diets have ranged from low fat to low carbohydrates (carbs) in the past decades with much debate about the better approach to overall health and weight loss.

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