{"id":2948,"date":"2020-08-27T16:17:54","date_gmt":"2020-08-27T20:17:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lowcarbaction.org\/?p=2948"},"modified":"2020-09-10T15:30:13","modified_gmt":"2020-09-10T19:30:13","slug":"low-carb-diet-better-for-older-adults","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lowcarbaction.org\/low-carb-diet-better-for-older-adults\/","title":{"rendered":"New Study Shows Low-Carb Diet Better for Older Adults"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>By Jessica Wharton<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:22px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>A clinical trial recently published in <a href=\"https:\/\/nutritionandmetabolism.biomedcentral.com\/articles\/10.1186\/s12986-020-00481-9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nutrition &amp; Metabolism<\/a> by researchers with the University of Alabama at Birmingham\u2019s Nutrition Obesity Research Center shows that a low-carbohydrate diet significantly improved body composition, fat distribution, and metabolic health in older adults, compared to a low-fat control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The latest CDC data shows that 42.8% of U.S. adults aged 60 and over have obesity. This study aimed to determine if a very low-carb diet (VLCD), defined as &lt; 10% carbs, 25% protein, &gt; 65% fat, \u201cpromotes a greater loss of fat (total, visceral and intermuscular), preserves lean mass, and improves insulin sensitivity compared to a standard CHO-based\/low-fat diet (LFD (55% carbs, 25% protein, 20% fat)) in older adults with obesity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The trial involved 40 participants aged 60-75 with obesity and lasted eight weeks. Participants were randomized into either VLCD or LFD groups and attended weekly individualized meetings with a registered dietitian who provided meal plans aimed to be weight maintaining. While at meetings they received breakfast foods aligned with their assigned diet. Additionally, participants were given a food list, sample menus, and recipes. Noteworthy, participants were not instructed to restrict calories, but to reduce either dietary fat or carbohydrate intake based on their randomization.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Participants following the VLCD lost an average of 9.7% in total fat, while those following the LFD lost 2%. Additionally, the low-carb group lost more fat mass and more visceral adipose tissue (belly fat) than the low-fat controls. The low-carb group also had a greater reduction in insulin and HOMA-IR (a measure of insulin resistance) levels, and they saw a decrease in triglycerides as well as an increase in HDL cholesterol levels, both of which indicate improvements in cardiovascular risk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The conclusion: a very low-carb diet is better than a low-fat diet for weight loss, fat-mass loss, and overall metabolic health in older populations. This confirms what many previous studies have shown for younger populations. The Low-Carb Action Network (L-CAN) has continuously objected to the exclusion of all the clinical trials on low-carb diets as well as weight-loss in the 2020 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee expert report. There are more than <a href=\"https:\/\/lowcarbaction.org\/more-low-carb-studies-ignored-by-advisory-committee\/\">65 low-carb studies<\/a> that the Committee simply ignored, and this new study in older adults with obesity is yet another example of the many proven benefits of a low-carb diet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A clinical trial recently published in Nutrition &#038; Metabolism by researchers with the University of Alabama at Birmingham\u2019s Nutrition Obesity Research Center shows that a low-carbohydrate diet significantly improved body composition, fat distribution, and metabolic health in older adults, compared to a low-fat control.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2947,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<title>New Study Shows Low-Carb Diet Better for Older Adults - 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