Heart-healthy, low-cal diets promote weight loss regardless of fat, protein and carb content

Wednesday, February 25, 2009 - 17:35 in Health & Medicine

Heart-healthy diets that reduce calorie intake—regardless of differing proportions of fat, protein, or carbohydrate—can help overweight and obese adults achieve and maintain weight loss, according to a study funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health, and published Feb., 26, 2009, in the New England Journal of Medicine.

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