Saturday, September 17, 2011

Weight Loss and Moderate-Protein Diet

In a study of comparing changes in body weight and composition and blood lipids after short-term weight loss (4 mo) followed by weight maintenance (8 mo) using moderate PRO or conventional high-carbohydrate (CHO) diets conducted by University of Illinois, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition (1) in Participants (age = 45.4 +/- 1.2 y; BMI = 32.6 +/- 0.8 kg/m(2); n = 130) found that Using a compliance criterion of participants attaining >10% weight loss, the PRO group had more participants (31 vs. 21%) lose more weight and the PRO diet was more effective for FM loss and body composition improvement during initial weight loss and long-term maintenance and produced sustained reductions in TAG and increases in HDL-C compared with the CHO diet.

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(1) "A moderate-protein diet produces sustained weight loss and long-term changes in body composition and blood lipids in obese adults." by Layman DK, Evans EM, Erickson D, Seyler J, Weber J, Bagshaw D, Griel A, Psota T, Kris-Etherton P, Posted in PubMed

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