New Study Proves Cutting Down On Carbs Reduces Body Fat!

New Study Proves
Cutting Down On Carbs
Reduces Body Fat!

A modest reduction in consumption of carbohydrate foods
may promote loss of deep belly fat, even with little or no
change in weight, an important new study reports.

Results of the study are being presented at The Endocrine Society's 93rd Annual Meeting in Boston.

When paired with weight loss, consumption of a moderately reduced carbohydrate diet can help achieve a reduction of
total body fat, according to researchers from the department
of nutrition sciences at the University of Alabama at
Birmingham.

"These changes could help reduce the risk of developing
Type 2 diabetes, stroke and coronary artery disease,"
they said, noting that excess visceral, or intra-abdominal,
fat raises the risk of these diseases.

The researchers conducted the study, with funding from the National Institutes of Health, in 69 overweight but healthy men and women. Subjects received food for two consecutive eight-week periods: first a weight maintenance intervention,
and then a weight loss intervention, which cut the number of calories that each person ate by 1,000 each day.

Subjects received either a standard lower-fat diet or a diet
with a modest reduction in carbohydrates, or "carbs," but slightly higher in fat than the standard diet. The moderately carb-restricted diet contained foods that had a relatively low glycemic index, a measure of the extent to which the food
raises blood glucose levels. This diet consisted of 43 percent calories from carbohydrates and 39 percent calories from fat, whereas the standard diet contained 55 percent of calories from carbohydrates and 27 percent from fat. Protein made
up the other 18 percent of each diet.

At the beginning and end of each study phase, the researchers measured the subjects' fat deep inside the abdomen and their total body fat using computed tomography (CT) and dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) scans.

After the weight maintenance phase, subjects who consumed the moderately carb-restricted diet had 11 percent less deep abdominal fat than those who ate the standard diet.

During the weight loss phase, subjects on both diets lost
weight. However, the moderately carb-restricted diet promoted a 4 percent greater loss of total body fat, the researchers said. "For individuals willing to go on a http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifweight-loss diet, a modest reduction in carbohydrate-containing foods may help them preferentially lose fat, rather than lean tissue; The moderately reduced carbohydrate diet allows a variety of foods to meet personal preferences."

Story Source:

The Endocrine Society (2011, June 24) "Cut down on 'carbs' to reduce body fat"

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