A low-carb diet has all the goodies your body needs. A low-fat diet doesn’t. In the long run, a low-carb diet may be better than a low-fat diet and researchers have solid evidence to support this claim.
According the CBSnews, a low-carb diet actually adds more good choleserol into the body. Cholesterol tpyically stirs up bad feelings but "good" cholesterol is great for the body. People on low-carb diets get twice as much good cholesterol in the body as people on a low-fat diet.
The findings are based on a study of 307 adults, two-thirds of them who were women. The participants were obese but didn’t have cholesterol problems or diabetes.
Gary Foster, director of Temple University‘s Center for Obesity Research and Education, who led the federally funded study stated:
“The key difference was in HDL, or good cholesterol: a 23 percent increase from low-carb dieting compared to a 12 percent improvement from low-fatâ€
Participants were checked regularly for two years during their diets. Both groups had similar results but good cholesterol was found in the group who followed a low-carb diet.
It sounds like a low-carb diet is the way to go. It’s certain that many people will find this latest health discovery useful! The findings will be published in Tuesday’s Annals of Internal Medicine.
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(source:TheIndian)
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