Eco-Atkins for Healthy Weight Loss?
What is Eco-Atkins? “…a low-carbohydrate diet high in vegetable proteins from gluten, soy, nuts, fruits, vegetables, cereals, and vegetable oils.
This study asked 47 overweight men and women to eat either a low-carbohydrate (26% of total calories), high–vegetable protein (31% from gluten, soy, nuts, fruit, vegetables, and cereals), and vegetable oil (43%) plant-based diet or a high-carbohydrate lacto-ovo vegetarian diet (58% carbohydrate, 16% protein, and 25% fat) for 4 weeks each. The study food was provided at 60% of calorie requirements.
Results: Weight loss was similar for both diets (approximately 4.0 kg). However, reductions in LDL-C concentration and total cholesterol–HDL were greater for the low-carbohydrate compared with the high-carbohydrate diet (–8.1% vs –8.7% and –9.6% ). Reductions in systolic and diastolic blood pressure were also seen (–1.9% and –2.4% ).
Conclusion A low-carbohydrate plant-based diet has lipid-lowering advantages over a high-carbohydrate, low-fat weight-loss diet in improving heart disease risk factors not seen with conventional low-fat diets with animal products.
Archives of Internal Medicine, June, 2009
MY COMMENT: It makes good sense to include vegetable proteins in your diet (beans, soy, nuts, etc) on a routine basis.
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