I am a graduate student studying nutrition at NIU and recently read a column about the Paleo diet, “Decrease your carbs, improve your health,” Feb. 4. I took some issue with the article because of the tag line, “Paleo diet is your healthiest option.”I...

Paleo diet is your healthiest optionLow-carb dieting isn’t winning the race for popularity right now. But in terms of maximizing health, a diet with reduced level of carbohydrates is the proven champion.I’m not going to tell you carbs are evil, because...

Every couple of months it seems there is a new gimmicky diet that only has a few simple rules and makes big promises.When I think of the term “fad diet” several come to mind: the Atkins Diet, the Zone diet and the South Beach Diet. It now seems they...