Sentences with phrase «western diet high in carbohydrates»

In a study done by scientists at Canada's British Columbia Cancer Research Centre, it was found that mice fed on a high - protein, low - carbohydrate diet had slower tumour cell growth than those fed a typical Western diet high in carbohydrates.

Not exact matches

The mice were provided with two distinct diets: one rich in plant carbohydrates similar to fruits and vegetables humans consume; the other mimicking a Western diet, high in simple sugars and fat.

In order to mimic the western diet, mice were fed a high fat, high carbohydrate (HFHC) diet while control animals were fed a traditional diet of mice chow.

Earlier this year, Stanford University's Justin Sonnenburg found that mice fed a typical Western diet (high in fat and carbohydrates and low in fiber) transferred a lower diversity of beneficial microbial species to future generations.

For 2 million years of our evolution, we ate much less carbohydrate than we do now, and no refined or processed carbohydrates, and therefore, our systems are simply not designed to handle the big swings in blood sugar levels caused by the Western diet, which is very high in carbohydrates of all kinds.

For decades, researchers like Dr. Denis Burkitt have postulated that Western diets, high in animal protein and fat but low in fiber, raise colon cancer risk compared with African diets, which are high in whole food carbohydrates, resistant starch and fiber, and low in fat, protein and oils.

«There are studies showing that what we eat can alter the composition and products of the gut flora — in particular, that people with high - vegetable, fiber - based diets have a different composition of their microbiota, or gut environment, than people who eat the more typical Western diet that is high in fat and carbohydrates,» [senior author Dr. Emeran] Mayer said.

Typical Western diets are high in refined carbohydrates.

This study looked at two diets: a carbohydrate rich diet (one rich in plant carbohydrates similar to fruits and vegetables humans consume) and pitted it against the Western, Standard American Diet (SAD)(think high in simple refined carbs, added sugars, and unhealthy fats — this is found in most all home cooked, grocery prepared, and restaurant meals as they use convenient processed ingredients).

The typical Western diet is extremely high in both carbohydrate and fat, which causes a whole host of problems.

The culprit has been the introduction of western diets, high in sugar and other simple carbohydrates.

Many high - carbohydrate foods common to Western diets produce a high glycemic response, promoting postprandial carbohydrate oxidation at the expense of fat oxidation, thus altering fuel partitioning in a way that may be conducive to body fat gain.

The diet of the rural Chinese in the study consists of mainly plant - based, low - fat, whole foods with some fish, while our Western diet is high in animal - based foods, including milk and dairy, refined carbohydrates, sugar, salt, and saturated fats.