Now that we've thankfully moved well past the carb-starve days, it's good to see people enjoying starch again. Carbohydrates are an integral part of a healthy diet, which is why depriving yourself of this macronutrient is not exactly the best course of action. That all being said, keeping your carb intake under control is just as important, as evidenced by a recent study out of the University of Connecticut.

According to UConn researchers, a low-carb diet can reduce inflammation, a known cause of type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and certain types of cancer. Volunteers who went on either a low-carb or low-fat diet had blood samples taken after a 12-week period, revealing that only the low-carb group exhibited any significant reduction in their inflammation (by as much as 30 percent).

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