Overweight Adults Who Reduce Carbohydrate Intake And Replace Them With Fat May Increase Their Metabolisms

reports that a study published in the BMJ has “found that overweight adults who cut carbohydrates from their diets and replaced them with fat sharply increased their metabolisms.” Researchers found that “after five months on the diet, their bodies burned roughly 250 calories more per day than people who ate a high-carb, low-fat diet, suggesting that restricting carb intake could help people maintain their weight loss more easily.” Those on the low-carb diet burned 209 to 278 more calories per day than those on the high-carb diet, a difference that would lead to an estimated 22-pound weight loss over three years if researchers weren’t intervening to maintain weight.” The study indicated that “the effect was even larger for those who produced high levels of insulin in response to carbohydrates; they burned 308 to 478 more calories a day on the low-carb diet than they did on the high-carb diet.” https://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/ct-life-low-carb-burns-calories-11312018-story.html