OmniCarb Study: Cutting Carbs No Silver Bullet

Overweight and obese people who followed a low glycemic index diet in the context of an overall DASH-type diet had no greater improvements in insulin sensitivity, lipid levels or systolic blood pressure compared to study subjects who ate high glycemic index foods, in a randomized, controlled feeding study. ollowing a low-glycemic index, low-carbohydrate diet, compared to a high-glycemic index, high-carbohydrate diet did not affect insulin sensitivity, systolic blood pressure, LDL cholesterol or HDL cholesterol, but it did lower triglycerides