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Soybean Demand Continues to Drive Production HEALTH, NUTRITION AND WEIGHT LOSS What about the high protein diets for weight loss? Are they safe? Do they work? They work for the short term, but any diet which restricts your food intake will cause you to lose weight. Here is an article about weight loss and protein from vegan registered dietician Virginia Messina. Here is an explanation of what happens when you severely restrict carbohydrates, from the book “The New Glucose Revolution”(p. 17) by Jennie Brand-Miller, PhD; Thomas M.S. Wolever, MD,PhD; Kaye Foster-Powell, M.Nutr.and Diet; and Stephen Colagiuri, MD (Meadow and Co, NY,2003): “There is little scientific evidence to back up or refute low-carbohydrate diets. One reason for the popularity of low-carbohydrate diets for weight loss is that initial loss is rapid. Within the first few days, the scales will show a weight loss of 4 to 7 pounds. That’s an encouraging sign to anyone trying to lose weight. The trouble is that most of that
