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Low-Carbohydrate Diets, 2 Days-A-Week Shown To Be More Successful Than Standard Dieting, Study Finds
An intermittent, low-carbohydrate diet was superior to a standard, daily calorie-restricted diet for reducing weight and lowering blood levels of insulin, according to recent findings.
Researchers at Genesis Prevention Center at University Hospital in South Manchester,
England, found that restricting carbs two days per week may be a better dietary approach than a standard, daily calorie-restricted diet for preventing breast cancer and other conditions, diseases.
"Weight loss and reduced insulin levels are required for breast cancer prevention, but
these levels are difficult to achieve and maintain with conventional dietary approaches,"
said a team of research dieticians at the Genesis Prevention Center,
The findings were presented at the 2011 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, held in early December.
The researchers compared three diets during four months for effects on weight
loss and blood markers of breast cancer risk among 115 women with a family history of
breast cancer.
They randomly assigned patients to one of the following diets:
1) a calorie-restricted, low-carbohydrate diet for two days per week;
2) an "ad lib" low-carbohydrate diet
in which patients were permitted to eat unlimited protein and healthy fats, such as lean meats, olives and nuts, also for two days per week;
3) a standard, calorie-restricted daily
Mediterranean diet for seven days per week.
Interestingly, the data revealed that both of the intermittent, low-carbohydrate diets were superior to the standard, daily Mediterranean diet in reducing weight, body fat and insulin resistance.
Mean reduction in weight and body fat was roughly 4 kilograms (about 9 pounds) with the intermittent approaches compared with 2.4 kilograms (about 5 pounds) with the standard
dietary approach.
Insulin resistance reduced by 22 percent with the restricted low-
carbohydrate diet and by 14 percent with the "ad lib" low-carbohydrate diet compared with
4 % with the standard Mediterranean diet.
"It is interesting that the diet that only restricts carbohydrates but allows protein and fats is as effective as the calorie-restricted, low-carbohydrate diet," the researchers said.
Story Source:
American Association for Cancer Research.
(2011, December 8) "Intermittent, low-
carbohydrate diets more successful than standard dieting, study finds."
An intermittent, low-carbohydrate diet was superior to a standard, daily calorie-restricted diet for reducing weight and lowering blood levels of insulin, according to recent findings.
Researchers at Genesis Prevention Center at University Hospital in South Manchester,
England, found that restricting carbs two days per week may be a better dietary approach than a standard, daily calorie-restricted diet for preventing breast cancer and other conditions, diseases.
"Weight loss and reduced insulin levels are required for breast cancer prevention, but
these levels are difficult to achieve and maintain with conventional dietary approaches,"
said a team of research dieticians at the Genesis Prevention Center,
The findings were presented at the 2011 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, held in early December.
The researchers compared three diets during four months for effects on weight
loss and blood markers of breast cancer risk among 115 women with a family history of
breast cancer.
They randomly assigned patients to one of the following diets:
1) a calorie-restricted, low-carbohydrate diet for two days per week;
2) an "ad lib" low-carbohydrate diet
in which patients were permitted to eat unlimited protein and healthy fats, such as lean meats, olives and nuts, also for two days per week;
3) a standard, calorie-restricted daily
Mediterranean diet for seven days per week.
Interestingly, the data revealed that both of the intermittent, low-carbohydrate diets were superior to the standard, daily Mediterranean diet in reducing weight, body fat and insulin resistance.
Mean reduction in weight and body fat was roughly 4 kilograms (about 9 pounds) with the intermittent approaches compared with 2.4 kilograms (about 5 pounds) with the standard
dietary approach.
Insulin resistance reduced by 22 percent with the restricted low-
carbohydrate diet and by 14 percent with the "ad lib" low-carbohydrate diet compared with
4 % with the standard Mediterranean diet.
"It is interesting that the diet that only restricts carbohydrates but allows protein and fats is as effective as the calorie-restricted, low-carbohydrate diet," the researchers said.
Story Source:
American Association for Cancer Research.
(2011, December 8) "Intermittent, low-
carbohydrate diets more successful than standard dieting, study finds."
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