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Higher protein diets during weight loss improve glycemic variables (fasting triglycerides and insulin) compared to standard protein diets, with benefits persisting to some degree long-term.
When losing weight, choosing a diet with higher protein content can help improve your metabolic health, specifically by lowering fasting triglycerides and insulin levels. This benefit may persist even after the diet ends. Focus on increasing protein intake as part of a balanced approach to weight loss.
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a meta-analysis shows that weight loss induced by higher-protein diets is associated with health benefits, including improvements in glycemic variables, that are similar to or greater than standard protein diets... fasting triglyceride and insulin were lower with a higher-protein (lower-carbohydrate) diet
Why this rating
Based on meta-analyses cited in the commentary, which provide higher-level evidence than single trials.
Source
Higher Dietary Protein During Weight Loss: Muscle Sparing?
Stuart M. Phillips · Obesity · 2018
DOI 10.1002/oby.22186
narrative_reviewCited 3×
Read the paper DOI resolved against Crossref · corpus check 2026-06-10
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