Latest Medical research related to low-carbohydrate diets Stories
The presence of increased body fat, and therefore higher levels of inflammatory substances in the blood, hinders the loss and maintenance of body weight; as shown by a research project of the University of Navarra conducted by EstÃbaliz Goyenechea Soto, a scientist at the School of Pharmacy.The project, entitled "A nutrigenetic and nutrigenomic study in relation to the control of body weight and inflammation," examines how the individual genetics of obese patients can help or...
After one year, a low-calorie, low-fat diet appears more beneficial to dieters' mood than a low-carbohydrate plan with the same number of calories, according to a report in the November 9 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.Obese individuals who lose weight tend to have an improved psychological state, including a better mood, according to background information in the article. "Despite the consistency of official recommendations advocating a...
WALTHAM, Mass., Sept. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Interleukin Genetics, Inc. (NYSE Amex: ILI) announced today top-line positive results from a retrospective clinical study on weight management using patients who participated in a diet study previously reported in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The new clinical study demonstrated that individuals following diets matched to their genotype, as determined by the Interleukin Genetics Weight Management Genetic Test, showed...
People with type 2 diabetes are not consuming sufficiently healthy diets and could benefit from ongoing nutritional education and counseling, according to a new study by researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine and colleagues.The study appears in the August issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association."The most important thing about controlling diabetes, especially type 2 diabetes, is being able to manage energy in and energy out, and the best way to do that...
Study suggests that popular diet regimen may have adverse effect on body's restorative capacityEven as low-carbohydrate/high-protein diets have proven successful at helping individuals rapidly lose weight, little is known about the diets' long-term effects on vascular health.Now, a study led by a scientific team at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) provides some of the first data on this subject, demonstrating that mice placed on a 12-week low carbohydrate/high-protein diet showed...
U.S. researchers say low-carbohydrate, high protein diets increased atherosclerosis in mice. The study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, found mice fed the 12 percent carbohydrate, 43 percent fat, 45 percent protein diets were more likely to show vascular damage then mice fed standard diets with 65 percent carbohydrate, 15 percent fat, 20 percent protein -- or even the Western diet diet of 43 percent carbohydrates 42 percent fat and 15 percent protein. The...
Rats fed a high-fat diet show a stark reduction in their physical endurance and a decline in their cognitive ability after just nine days, a study by Oxford University researchers has shown.The research, funded by the British Heart Foundation and published in the FASEB Journal, may have implications not only for those eating lots of high-fat foods, but also athletes looking for the optimal diet for training and patients with metabolic disorders.'We found that rats, when switched to a high-fat...
One of the hottest diet trends of the past decade is back, but this time, meat is taking a backseat to vegetables.New research shows that overweight individuals who ate a low-calorie, low-carbohydrate diet high in plant-based proteins for four weeks lost weight and experienced improvements in blood cholesterol levels and other heart disease risk factors.The "Eco-Atkins" diet includes foods high in vegetable proteins from gluten, soy, nuts, fruits, vegetables, cereals and vegetable oils....
A low-calorie, low-carbohydrate diet high in plant-based proteins helped those overweight to lose weight and reduce heart risks, researchers in Canada said. However, the study, published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, also found that a high-carbohydrate, low-fat vegetarian diet also resulted in weight loss, but without the additional cardiovascular benefits. There is a dilemma relating to the proportion and source of fat, protein and carbohydrate that constitutes the optimal weight...
A plant-based version of the Atkins low-carb diet could allow people to lose weight while keeping cholesterol levels down, researchers reported on Tuesday.The plant-based variation of the high protein diet could help overweight people shed pounds while being free of risk factors such as heart diseases.Dr. David Jenkins of St. Michael's Hospital and the University of Toronto in Ontario, led a team to study the effectiveness of the so-called Eco-Atkins diet among a group of 44 overweight men...
