ARE YOU EATING TOO MANY refined CARBS? (cover story)

LIVER physiology; BLOOD sugar; CARDIOVASCULAR diseases; DIET; FAT; FATTY liver; FISHES; CARBOHYDRATE content of food; FAT content of food; FRUIT; GRAIN; INGESTION; MEAT; TYPE 2 diabetes; OBESITY; POULTRY; PROTEINS; TRIGLYCERIDES; VEGETABLES; METABOLIC syndrome; WAIST circumference; MEDITERRANEAN diet

The article reports on the health risk of overdoing refined carbohydrates in diet. Topics mentioned include inflow of carbohydrates into the system in the form of glucose, an increase in the risk of atherosclerosis due to high triglycerides, and the advice of the American Heart Association to use prescription ethyl esters of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) alone or of EPA plus docosahexaenoic acid to treat triglyceride levels of 200 or higher.