Research
Macro partitioning
A low-carbohydrate diet (26% of calories) significantly reduces serum triglycerides when combined with calorie restriction, but not when low-carbohydrate is applied without calorie restriction.
If you want to improve your blood triglyceride levels, a low-carbohydrate diet alone may not be enough. You need to combine low-carbohydrate intake (26% of calories) with calorie restriction (1200-1500 kcal/day) to see significant reductions in triglycerides. This combination was the only one to significantly lower triglycerides in this study.
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Serum triglycerides were significantly reduced in the LC + CR diet group compared with the LC or CR diet alone.
Why this rating
High-quality RCT data.
Source
The effect of dietary carbohydrate and calorie restriction on weight and metabolic health in overweight/obese individuals: a multi-center randomized controlled trial
Jia Sun et al. · BMC Medicine · 2023
rct · n=302Cited 52×
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