Posts Tagged ‘High Cholesterol’

Low-Carb Diet Reduces Blood Pressure

27th January 2010 by admin No Comments

Researchers have found a low-carbohydrate diet helps people lose weight as effectively as a popular weight loss drug, and trumps the drug at lowering cholesterol.
Researchers of Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Duke University Medical Center have shown low-carb diets are more successful in lowering blood pressure than the weight-loss drug orlistat.
“If people have high blood [...]

‘Eco-Atkins’ Diet Sheds More Than Pounds

9th June 2009 by admin No Comments

A modified Atkins diet, one that substitutes plant-based proteins for animal-based ones, helps people lose weight and lowers their cholesterol, new research shows.
“In just two weeks on the so-called ‘Eco-Atkins’ diet, everything starts to look much better metabolically … I think this becomes an alternative for the heart disease reduction diet, [...]