Carbohydrate-restriction for cardiovascular health and body composition🫀

Analysis on moderate-carb to ketogenic diets.

Effects of carbohydrate-restricted diets and macronutrient replacements on cardiovascular health and body composition in adults: A meta-analysis of randomized trials

Study Details

This new meta-analysis compiled data from 174 trials (11,481 participants) to establish the effects of different carbohydrate-restricted diets on…

🫀 Cardiovascular outcomes

🩻 Body composition

Here are the key findings ⬇️

Key Findings

Generally carb restriction leads to positive improvements in…

✅ Triglycerides

✅ Systolic blood pressure

✅ Diastolic blood pressure

✅ Lipid profile ratios

✅ Inflammatory markers

While increasing the following…

✅ HDL

⚠️ LDL

⚠️ Cholesterol

All measured body composition markers showed significant reductions (including fat-free mass‼️) 📉

🥑 Moderate-carbohydrate diets (130 - 230 g/day) offered balanced benefits

🧈 Ketogenic diets (carbs at 20 - 50 g/day) were most effective for weight loss, but did increased LDL and total cholesterol

🥩 Replacing carbs with fat and protein showed the greatest improvements across the board

Conclusion

Low- to moderate-carb diets can produce significant outcomes for weight loss and cardiovascular health ✅

Ketogenic diets may be most effective for weight loss but may also risk fat-free mass losses, which is likely not a beneficial outcome🚨

Reference

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40935153/

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