Women who are overweight may benefit from following a carbohydrate-reduced diet in order to lose weight, according to findings presented at The Endrocrine Societys Annual Meeting.
During a three-month trial, researchers from the University of Nevada School of Medicine enrolled 45 female participants aged 18 to 65 years old with insulin resistance. The team split the women into two groups, and had them follow either a low-fat or low-carbohydrate dietary regimen.
The investigators discovered that participants who ate less carbohydrates during the study lost approximately 3.4 more pounds than the other low-fat diet group. The average weight loss of carbohydrate-reduced diet was 19.6 pounds as compared to the other women, who lost an average of 16.2 pounds.
Raymond Plodkowski, lead author of the report and chief of endocrinology, nutrition and metabolism, stated that “the typical diet that physicians recommend for weight loss is a low-fat diet.” He added that “as this study shows, not all people have the same response to [the low-carbohydrate] diet.”
In 2007, approximately 24.8 percent of women in the U.S. were considered obese, and this disorder was found prevalent in women aged 18 to 29 years old between 30.2 and 31.7 percent, according to The Obesity Society.