Interesting low carb study

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pierinifitness
pierinifitness Posts: 2,226 Member
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I’m not a low carb person but found this study interesting:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/06/190620100036.htm

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  • AlabasterVerve
    AlabasterVerve Posts: 3,171 Member
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    psychod787 wrote: »
    Sponsored by the Dairy Council? 🤔

    Do you think the study was designed to manipulate the results? I learned of the study from Kevin Hall's twitter feed (who some, perhaps most? consider reputable) and haven't heard any push back about the study to date. The results seem consistent with the low carb literature.

    RESULTS. Despite maintaining body mass, low-carbohydrate (LC) intake enhanced fat oxidation and was more effective in reversing MetS, especially high triglycerides, low HDL-C, and the small LDL subclass phenotype. Carbohydrate restriction also improved abnormal fatty acid composition, an emerging MetS feature. Despite containing 2.5 times more saturated fat than the high-carbohydrate diet, an LC diet decreased plasma total saturated fat and palmitoleate and increased arachidonate.
  • Versicolour
    Versicolour Posts: 7,164 Member
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    The question is, what do they consider low carb? Under 100 net carbs, under 70, under 50, less?
  • AlabasterVerve
    AlabasterVerve Posts: 3,171 Member
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    Versicolour wrote: »
    The question is, what do they consider low carb? Under 100 net carbs, under 70, under 50, less?

    Under 50g for the low carb arm.

    The percentage of carbohydrate varied on the LC, MC, and HC diets (6%, 32%, and 57% energy, respectively) and fat was adjusted proportionally (74%, 48%, and 23% energy, respectively) (Figure 2B).
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  • RelCanonical
    RelCanonical Posts: 3,882 Member
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    I feel like people who suffer from high blood sugar issues (metabolic syndrome) would benefit from a low-carb diet like diabetic sufferers. Wish they had a control, but it's possible the study was just to see what it did for metabolic syndrome sufferers rather than making a broad claim about low-carb diets in generally healthy individuals.
  • GaleHawkins
    GaleHawkins Posts: 8,159 Member
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    Versicolour wrote: »
    The question is, what do they consider low carb? Under 100 net carbs, under 70, under 50, less?

    That seems to be a wild card of low carb. The article below has a carb level table in it for what it is worth.

    https://chriskresser.com/the-3-step-process-to-determining-your-ideal-carbohydrate-intake/

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