Low-carbohydrate diets for weight loss are receiving a lot of attention of late. Reasons for this interest include a plethora of low-carbohydrate diet books, the over-sensationalism of these diets in the media and by celebrities, and the promotion of these diets in fitness centres and health clubs. The re-emergence of low-carbohydrate diets into the spotlight has lead many people in the general...

Background Low-carbohydrate diets have been shown to effectively improve the metabolic status of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. However, patients may find it challenging to maintain a strict low-carbohydrate diet. The objective of this study was to determine if a one-meal, low-carbohydrate diet is as effective in improving metabolic status as a conventional, energy-restricted diet amon...

It is unclear which of four popular contemporary diet patterns is best for weight maintenance among postmenopausal women. Four dietary patterns were characterised among postmenopausal women aged 49-81 years (mean 63·6 (sd 7·4) years) from the Women's Health Initiative Observational Study: (1) a low-fat diet; (2) a reduced-carbohydrate diet; (3) a Mediterranean-style (Med) diet; and (4) a diet c...

Fourteen patients with established maturity-onset diabetes were treated as outpatients with a high-carbohydrate-(about 60% of total daily energy requirements)-modified fat diet (ratio of polyunsaturated fatty acids to other fatty acids greater than or equal to 1:1) for six weeks. Commercially available and acceptable cereal foods and tuberous vegetables high in both digestible and non-digestibl...

From the ancient period to the current day, each cultural area has had their distinctive dietary pattern (combinations of dietary components, such as food or nutrients, to summarize a total diet) to adapt to their lifestyle and environments, such as a Western style diet (American style), Mediterranean diet and Asian diet (Japanese style). In recent years, chronic diseases such as diabetes, obes...

A low fat, high carbohydrate diet in combination with regular exercise is the traditional recommendation for treating diabetes. Compliance with these lifestyle modifications is less than satisfactory, however, and a high carbohydrate diet raises postprandial plasma glucose and insulin secretion, thereby increasing risk of CVD, hypertension, dyslipidemia, obesity and diabetes. Moreover, the curr...

Segall, M. M., Fosbrooke, Audrey S., Lloyd, June K., and Wolff, 0. H. (1970). Archives of Disease in Childhood, 45, 73. Carbohydrate-induced hypertriglyceridaemia in a child. Carbohydrate-induced hypertriglyceridaemia is described in a 12-year-old boy, whose father died of premature coronary heart disease. Serum triglyceride and pre-fl-lipoprotein concentrations were high on a self-selected die...

To review international nutrition recommendations with a special emphasis on carbohydrate and fiber, analyze clinical trial information, and provide an evidence-based recommendation for medical nutrition therapy for individuals with diabetes. Relevant articles were identified by a thorough review of the literature and the data tabulated. Fixed-effects meta-analyses techniques were used to obtai...

Although restricting dietary protein is a proposed adjunct to treating Parkinson's disease (PD), the effect of carbohydrate consumption is unknown. We measured plasma levodopa and large neutral amino acid (LNAA) levels in nine PD patients treated with carbidopa/levodopa and different isocaloric meals containing high protein-low carbohydrate, low protein-high carbohydrate, and balanced 5:1 carbo...

Abstract Objective The associations between dietary carbohydrate, fat intake, and inflammation are controversial. Most existing data from industrialized societies which low-carbohydrate high-fat diet is common so their attribution to other populations remains unclear. We evaluated the association of carbohydrate intakes with inflammatory markers in pre-menopause women overweight or obesity Iran...