The diet proven by researchers to have more benefits than other weight loss methods
Research suggests that a ketogenic diet may be more effective than Mediterranean or low-fat diets at improving metabolic health in individuals with obesity and prediabetes. The study found that reducing carbohydrate intake significantly helped participants resolve prediabetes criteria and reduce liver fat.
Why it matters
This provides evidence-based support for using low-carbohydrate diets as a therapeutic intervention for metabolic syndrome and fatty liver disease.
The diet proven by researchers to have more benefits than other weight loss methods A high- fat and low carbohydrate diet has more health benefits for people with obesity compared to other weight loss methods such as a Mediterranean diet or a low-fat diet, research suggests.
About 30 per cent of adults in the UK are obese and an estimated 6.3 million people live with non-diabetic hyperglycemia, more commonly known as prediabetes.
The Mediterranean diet, which is rich in fruit, veg, pulses and oily fish, is often recommended as a healthy option for people with prediabetes to promote weight loss.
But US researchers found that after eating a Keto diet for four to five months, about half of study participants with obesity and prediabetes no longer met the criteria for prediabetes.
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