Low-carbohydrate Diet Appears to Be Better at Weight Maintenance Than Low-fat Ones
A new research study contends that the kind of calories in a diet affects weight-loss maintenance. According to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, low-carbohydrate, high-protein diets burn more calories than low-fat diets during weight maintenance. This NIH-funded study found that subjects lost ~300 calories more on a low-carb regimen than a low-fat one—the same amount one could burn on average in one hour of moderate physical activity, researchers pointed out.
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