A study published in January's issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine reports that subjects who went low carb (eating less than 20 grams of carbohydrates each day) not only lost weight, but significantly lowered their blood pressure. Subjects in the second group, who went on a low fat diet and took orlistat, also lost weight - but did not see improvements in blood pressure.
The low carb group also had improvement in measures of insulin and glucose function. Yahoo Health gives the details here.
Did taking in fewer carbs (which can mean less glucose and insulin fluctuation) result in these improvements? And was the low carb diet also higher in protein than the low fat diet?
Since we know that some milk proteins act to lower blood pressure, it would be interesting to see the precise composition of the low carb diet; what kind of protein and how much protein did subjects on this diet have?
When I find out more I will let you know!
