Now Low Carb Diets No More a Risk

Cutting carbs does not only help you lose weight, but also reduces the heart risk factors mutually with a significant dip in diastolic blood pressure.

Finally it has been confirmed that the low-carb diets do not cause any danger to your heart. The low-fat and low-carbohydrate diets used beside fatness do not, however, come out to be useful in the long run.

The study accomplished that it did not matter if one was on a low-carbohydrate diet, a traditional low-fat diet or an Atkins-style as all of them be liable to get rid of the same amount of weight.

But people on a low-carbohydrate diet surely have an edge over the others as they turn out to have an enhanced level of cholesterol and blood pressure.

The study, carried on for 2 years, effectively focused on a change in lifestyle. The participants were asked to exercise regularly, learn the strategies for weight management and set some rational goals.

The study involving 307 middle-aged obese adults saw an average weight loss of about 22 pounds in the first year. The second year was followed by 15 pounds, on an average.

There were some momentous changes in the LDL and HDL level of different groups, which signified that low-carb food not only helped them shed some weight but also increased the level of HDL cholesterol, and improved their blood pressure.

Constipation was anyways the only side effect in low-carb diets. The increase in the level of HDL is still not known and so are the benefits of this increased HDL on a healthy heart.