Energy balance
Adding exercise to a low-carbohydrate diet improves cardiorespiratory fitness (VO2peak) and reduces systolic blood pressure, but does not provide additional weight loss benefits compared to the low-carbohydrate diet alone.
If you are doing a low-carb diet, adding exercise won't necessarily make you lose weight faster than the diet alone. However, it will significantly improve your heart health, blood pressure, and mental well-being. Do exercise for these health benefits, not just for extra weight loss.
adding exercise to a LCD regime generated no additional effects [on weight]... There were significant improvements in VO2peak (~15% p < 0.01)... in the LC-EXE compared with the LC-CON group
Why this rating
RCT design with clear statistical separation of effects between LC-CON and LC-EXE groups.
Source
Effect of a Low-Carbohydrate Diet With or Without Exercise on Anxiety and Eating Behavior and Associated Changes in Cardiometabolic Health in Overweight Young Women
Mingzhu Hu et al. · Frontiers in Nutrition · 2022
DOI 10.3389/fnut.2022.894916
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