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A low-fat ad libitum diet promotes significant weight loss and greater LDL-C reduction compared to a low-fat diet under weight-maintenance conditions, without adverse effects on triglycerides or the TC/HDL-C ratio.
Adopt a low-fat diet (around 15% of calories from fat) without counting calories. Let your natural satiety signals guide you. You will likely eat less, lose weight, and significantly lower your LDL cholesterol without negatively impacting your triglycerides or overall heart disease risk markers.
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Our results indicate that a low-fat ad libitum diet promotes weight loss and LDL-C lowering without adverse effects on triglycerides or the TC/HDL-C ratio in middle-aged and elderly men and women with moderate hypercholesterolemia.
Why this rating
Randomized controlled trial with a relatively small sample size (n=27) but rigorous metabolic ward conditions.
Source
Body Weight and Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Changes After Consumption of a Low-Fat Ad Libitum Diet
Ernst J. Schaefer · JAMA · 1995
DOI 10.1001/jama.1995.03530180044028
rct · n=27Cited 176×
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