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Macro partitioning
Reduced carbohydrate diets specifically lower triglycerides, whereas low-fat diets do not significantly reduce triglycerides despite similar weight loss.
If you have high triglycerides, a reduced-carbohydrate diet may offer a specific metabolic advantage over a low-fat diet, even if your weight loss is the same. This can improve your cardiovascular risk profile.
ModerateSupportsMEDIUM confidence
Triglycerides levels were significantly reduced only in the low-carbohydrate diet group (−31.1 ± 36.6; P = 0.01).
Why this rating
RCT, small sample size, but clear statistical significance for this specific marker.
Source
Changes in Body Weight and Metabolic Indexes in Overweight Breast Cancer Survivors Enrolled in a Randomized Trial of Low-Fat vs. Reduced Carbohydrate Diets
Cynthia A. Thomson et al. · Nutrition and Cancer · 2010
DOI 10.1080/01635581.2010.513803
rct · n=40Cited 92×
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