Plant-based, low-carb diet may promote weight loss and improve cholesterol levels
Tuesday, June 9, 2009 - 05:21
in Health & Medicine
Overweight individuals who ate a low-calorie, low-carbohydrate diet high in plant-based proteins for four weeks lost weight and experienced improvements in blood cholesterol levels and other heart disease risk factors, according to a report in the 8 June issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. A high-carbohydrate, low-fat vegetarian diet also resulted in weight loss but without the additional cardiovascular benefits...
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