Eco-Atkins: A Low-Carb Diet For Vegetarians
Monday, June 8, 2009 - 22:00
in Health & Medicine
Vegetarians must have felt a little left out when hearing stories of startling weight loss by people consuming nothing except bacon and cheddar cheese. It was only a matter of time before a study came along showing that vegetarians could get thin too. Of course, the secret ingredient was, as always, participants consuming fewer calories than they burned. Again. But the non-weight benefits are worth discussion. 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 June 8 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine. read more
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