Health and Fitness

NIH Study Finds Cutting Dietary Fat Reduces Body Fat More Than Cutting Carbs

xxxxCarbs vs Fat in the Diet – Kevin Hall, NIH. Credit: NIH Intramural Research Program

Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–August 13, 2015. In a recent study, restricting dietary fat led to body fat loss at a rate 68 percent higher than cutting the same number of carbohydrate calories when adults with obesity ate strictly controlled diets.  Carb restriction lowered production of the fat-regulating hormone insulin and increased fat burning as expected, whereas fat restriction had no observed changes…

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