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Low-carbohydrate versus balanced-carbohydrate diets for reducing weight and cardiovascular risk.
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SUBMITTER: Naude CE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8795871 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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Low-carbohydrate versus balanced-carbohydrate diets for reducing weight and cardiovascular risk.
The Cochrane database of systematic reviews 20220128
<h4>Background</h4>Debates on effective and safe diets for managing obesity in adults are ongoing. Low-carbohydrate weight-reducing diets (also known as 'low-carb diets') continue to be widely promoted, marketed and commercialised as being more effective for weight loss, and healthier, than 'balanced'-carbohydrate weight-reducing diets.<h4>Objectives</h4>To compare the effects of low-carbohydrate weight-reducing diets to weight-reducing diets with balanced ranges of carbohydrates, in relation to ...[more]