A study has shown that a high protein, low carbohydrate diet reduces abdominal obesity or abdominal fat.
In this study, researchers used food frequency questionnaires to assess 617 Canadians of many ethnic origins including Aboriginal, South Asian, Chinese, and European. Abdominal obesity was measured by the waist-to-hip ratio.
The statistics revealed that proteins accounted for 17.4 percent of total energy intake for those with the lowest waist-hip ratio, compared to 15.8 percent of energy intake for those with the highest waist-hip ratio.
It was also found that an energy-adjusted protein substituted for an equivalent amount of carbohydrates was inversely associated with the waist-to-hip ratio after adjustment of age, sex, ethnicity, smoking habit, BMI, drinking habit, height, physical activity, and total energy.
However, there was no association between fat intake or the total energy intake with the waist-to-hip ratio.
The study was conducted by researchers from McMaster University and the University of Toronto in Canada and appeared in this month's issue of the Journal of Nutrition.
Source:
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