Low-carb diets may be a health risk
People may be risking their health by not eating vital foods such as eggs and cheese from their meals because of the low-carbohydrate diet 'craze', health experts warned this week.Low-carb diets, including the well-known Atkins Diet, have become increasingly popular over the past few years amid rising levels of obesity in western nations.A study of Australian adults showed one in five—with women outnumbering men by more than two to one—had tried a low-carb diet or planned to try one.