Weight-loss diets may reverse atherosclerosis in obese, overweight people
Tuesday, March 2, 2010 - 12:28
in Health & Medicine
A low-carbohydrate diet, a low-fat diet and the Mediterranean diet were equally effective in helping obese people to reverse carotid atherosclerosis after losing moderate amounts of weight and improving their blood pressure, in a new study.
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