CARB DIET
March 1st, 2004
BY PHILIP FINE
FEELING grouchy and hungry? Tempted to snack? Your low-carb diet could be to blame, according to Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT researchers who have looked at carbohydrates and brain chemistry. Husband-and-wife researchers Judith and Richard Wurtman have discovered that carbohydrates, despite being demonised by some weight-loss advocates, are essential in regulating mood and suppressing appetite. They found that after a person consumes sweet or starchy carbohydrates, with little protein, the brain makes serotonin, a chemical that both ...
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