Weight Loss with a Low-Carbohydrate, Mediterranean, or Low-Fat Diet
July 2008
The researchers randomly assigned 322 moderately obese, mostly middle-aged people to one of three weight loss diets: a low fat diet with calorie restriction, a “Mediterranean diet” with restricted calories, and a low carb diet without any calorie restriction.
Low Carb Diet May Cure Type 2 Diabetes
April 2008
The authors of this study explain the underlying principle guiding the treatment of type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome patients with carbohydrate restriction. The purpose of the present study is to bring together recent data which demonstrates that the substitution of dietary carbohydrate for dietary fat, even saturated fat, actually improves cardiovascular risk factors.