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A spoonful of sugar helps your waistline go down

07-09-2007 · EurekAlert!

A new study challenges conventional thinking that a high carbohydrate, low fat slimming plan should contain little or no added sugar. A team of scientists at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh has found that a low-fat, high-carbohydrate diet -- containing sucrose -- combined with physical activity achieved the greatest health benefits in overweight subjects.

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