This one goes out to my acute and cardiac PTs! The debate about low carb vs high carb (or just balanced carbs) continues to rage on social media and podcasts. A new study highlights some potentially harmful data for those on a low carb / high fat diet and higher rates of cardiac events. Enjoy the video, the transcript is below, and here's the publication.
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Good afternoon, everyone. I am Dr. Wells from Nutritional Physical Therapy. I'm here in St. Augustine Beach.
Just had a beautiful rainstorm and now it's finally (0:08) cooled off. Anyhow, just wanted to give you guys an update on a new research article that I read (0:13) about. This one is titled Low Carbohydrate High Fat Diets and Their Associated Cardiovascular (0:21) Risks.
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