A low-carb diet may have benefits for people at risk of developing type 2 diabetes even if they don’t lose any weight, a new study suggests.
A recent study from The Ohio State University found that eating a low-carb diet can have benefits for people at risk of developing type 2 diabetes, even if they don’t lose weight.
The study included 16 men and women with metabolic syndrome, a cluster of factors that also put people at higher risk of heart disease and stroke, and found that more than half of study participants no longer met the criteria for metabolic syndrome immediately following a four-week low-carb diet, even though they were fed diets that intentionally contained enough calories to keep their weight stable.
After eating the low-carb diet, the participants had a variety of significantly improved health measures, particularly lower triglycerides and improved cholesterol readings.