Effects of a Low Carb Diet and Whey Proteins on Anthropometric, Hematochemical, and Cardiovascular Parameters in Subjects with Obesity

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BACKGROUND: The best way to lose body weight, without using drugs and/or suffering hunger and stress, has not yet been defined. The present study tested a low carbohydrate diet, enriched with proteins, in subjects with overweight and obesity.

METHODS: The study enrolled 22 uncomplicated overweight and obese subjects. Several parameters were examined before and after 6 weeks of a low-carbohydrate diet, enriched with 18 g of whey proteins. Anthropometric (body mass index, waist circumference) variables, fasting hormones (insulin, TSH, FT3, FT4), and metabolic (glucose, prealbumin, and lipid levels) parameters were measured. 25- OH-vitamin D (25 (OH) D), parathyroid hormone (PTH) and osteocalcin, were also quantified. Body composition parameters (fat mass, fat-free mass, body cell mass, total body water) were measured by electrical bioimpedance analysis. As cardiovascular parameters, blood pressure, endothelium flowmediated dilation (FMD), and common carotid artery intima-media thickness were also measured.

RESULTS: The low-carbohydrate diet integrated with proteins induced a significant decrease in body weight (P < 0.001), waist circumference (P < 0.001), fat mass (P < 0.001), diastolic blood pressure (P < 0.01), triglycerides (P < 0.001), total cholesterol (P < 0.001), pre-albumin (P < 0.001), insulin (P < 0.001), HOMAIR (P < 0.001), FT3 (P < 0.05), and c-IMT (P < 0.001), and a significant increase in FMD (P < 0.001) and 25 (OH) D (P < 0.001) was also observed.

CONCLUSION: All these results suggest that a short-term non-prescriptive low carbohydrate diet, enriched with whey proteins, may be a good way to start losing fat mass and increase health.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:20

Enthalten in:

Endocrine, metabolic & immune disorders drug targets - 20(2020), 10 vom: 29., Seite 1719-1725

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

De Pergola, Giovanni [VerfasserIn]
Zupo, Roberta [VerfasserIn]
Lampignano, Luisa [VerfasserIn]
Paradiso, Silvia [VerfasserIn]
Murro, Isanna [VerfasserIn]
Cecere, Annagrazia [VerfasserIn]
Bartolomeo, Nicola [VerfasserIn]
Ciccone, Marco M [VerfasserIn]
Giannelli, Gianluigi [VerfasserIn]
Triggiani, Vincenzo [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Biomarkers
Endothelium
Intima-media thickness
Journal Article
Low carbohydrate diet
Obesity
Overweight
Whey Proteins
Whey proteins

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Date Completed 29.09.2021

Date Revised 29.09.2021

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.2174/1871530320666200610143724

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM310999987