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Low-fat versus Low-carbohydrate Diet

open access: yesJournal of Nature and Science of Medicine
The global obesity rate has risen significantly, prompting research into the optimal dietary strategies for weight loss, particularly in relation to macronutrient composition.
Dalal J. Alsharif
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Low-carbohydrate diets for gestational diabetes [PDF]

open access: yesNutrients, 2019
Nutrition therapy provides the foundation for treatment of gestational diabetes (GDM), and has historically been based on restricting carbohydrate (CHO) intake. In this paper, randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are reviewed to assess the effects of both
Farabi, Sarah S, Hernandez, Teri L
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Safety of low-carbohydrate diets

open access: yesObesity Reviews, 2005
Low-carbohydrate diets have re-emerged into the public spotlight and are enjoying a high degree of popularity as people search for a solution to the population\u27s ever-expanding waistline.
Anderson JW   +47 more
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Low-carbohydrate diets and performance [PDF]

open access: yesCurrent Sports Medicine Reports, 2007
Athletes are continually searching for means to optimize their performance. Within the past 20 years, athletes and scientists have reported or observed that consuming a carbohydrate-restricted diet may improve performance. The original theories explaining the purported benefits centered on the fact that fat oxidation increases, thereby "sparing" muscle
Cook, Chad M., Haub, Mark D.
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Low-Carbohydrate Diet and Human Health. [PDF]

open access: yesNutrients, 2023
Low-carbohydrate diets were initially recommended as a therapeutic dietary scheme for epilepsy, while increasing evidence suggests their potential application in the management of several other pathologies, such as diabetes, neoplasms, gastrointestinal and lung diseases, diseases of the cardiovascular system, as well as obesity [...]
Papadopoulou SK, Nikolaidis PT.
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Low Carbohydrate Diets for Diabetic Cardiomyopathy: A Hypothesis [PDF]

open access: yesFrontiers in Nutrition, 2022
Elevated blood glucose levels, insulin resistance (IR), hyperinsulinemia and dyslipidemia the key aspects of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), contribute to the development of a certain form of cardiomyopathy. This cardiomyopathy, also known as diabetic cardiomyopathy (DMCM), typically occurs in the absence of overt coronary artery disease (CAD ...
Sabine Kleissl-Muir   +11 more
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Effects of low carbohydrate diet compared to low fat diet on reversing the metabolic syndrome, using NCEP ATP III criteria: a randomized clinical trial

open access: yesBMC Nutrition, 2021
Introduction The purpose of this study is to compare the change in the metabolic syndrome prevalence and risk factors between participants who followed a low carbohydrate diet and those who followed a low fat diet for six months in Erbil city/ Iraqi ...
Sherzad Ali Ismael
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A nutrigenetic approach to investigate the relationship between metabolic traits and vitamin D status in an Asian Indian population [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Studies in Asian Indians have examined the association of metabolic traits with vitamin D status. However, findings have been quite inconsistent. Hence, we aimed to explore the relationship between metabolic traits and 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D ...
Alathari, Buthaina E.   +11 more
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Low carbohydrate-high protein diets [PDF]

open access: yesBMJ, 2012
Short term benefits of weight loss seem outweighed by longer term cardiovascular harms Low carbohydrate-high protein diets and their combinations (such as the Atkins diet) have become popular worldwide and are frequently adopted for weight control by lay people. These diets have also been suggested to have health benefits over low fat diets, mainly on
Floegel, A., Pischon, T.
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