Dietary prescriptions for the overweight patient: the potential benefits of low-carbohydrate diets in insulin resistance
Obesity in the USA continues to be a medical problem of epidemic proportions, affecting one-third of American adults. This increase in body weight and body mass index (BMI) is a risk factor for insulin resistance; individuals with insulin resistance are at increased risk for the development of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. The identification of effective dietary treatments (e.g. low-carbohydrate diet, low-fat diet) for patient populations with insulin resistance remains controversial. While a variety of dietary approaches will result in weight and cardiac risk factor reduction, individuals who have been identified as insulin-resistant may derive additional short-term weight loss results from a low-carbohydrate diet compared to a low-fat diet.
2 comments:
"individuals who have been identified as insulin-resistant may derive additional short-term weight loss results from a low-carbohydrate diet compared to a low-fat diet."
This is exactly right. People are all up in arms about the fat - and it's the carbohydrates that contribute to the insulin problems, which contribute to the weight gain and other health problems!
Jen
The most common health problem of people is obesity. Having a low-carb and low-fat diet can definitely help those people.
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