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No modification in blood lipoprotein concentration but changes in body composition after 4 weeks of low carbohydrate diet (LCD)

Exercise Physiology
Nutrition
Author
Michalczyk et al.
Used Parameters : FFM, BFM, PBF

Publication Year : 2018

Country : Poland

Journal : Journal of Human Kinetics

Recently, low carbohydrate diets have become very popular due to their numerous health benefits. Unfortunately, little is known about their chronic effects on the blood lipid profile and other cardiovascular disease risk factors in athletic populations. We compared the results of a four week, well-planned low carbohydrate diet (LCD) followed by seven days of carbohydrate loading (Carbo-L) on fasting lipids-triacylglycerol's (TAG), LDL-C, HDL-C, total cholesterol (TCh), glucose, insulin and HOMA-IR levels in 11 competitive basketball players …
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