Weight-loss diets may reverse atherosclerosis in obese, overweight people
Monday, March 1, 2010 - 19:28
in Health & Medicine
A low-carbohydrate diet, a low-fat diet and the Mediterranean diet were equally effective in helping obese people to reverse carotid atherosclerosis after losing moderate amounts of weight and improving their blood pressure, in a study reported in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.