Diets with reduced carbohydrate intake reduce fat and improve blood sugar control

According to a study by Barbara Gower and Amy Goss from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, reducing carbohydrate intake from 55% of calories to 43% resulted in a reduction in body weight, abdominal fat storage and insulin resistance in overweight middle-aged adults.

The fat loss from the diets with reduced carbohydrate intake was greater in African-Americans than in European-Americans. Protein intake was the same for both diets. The lower carbohydrate intake group also showed lower blood glucose levels at rest.

Reducing carbohydrate intake has only a small positive effect on body composition and blood glucose regulation.

(Journal Nutrition, 145: 1707s - 183s, 2015)