https://www.docwirenews.com/docwire...et-hepatic-fat/

Where are our science translators to decode this for me?

I think it says LC is good for you if you have internal belly fat. It’s always good to have science chiming in.

Thanks, Demi.

You got it!!

My frustration is that we should be far beyond this study by now. Atkins '72 had all it needed then to support LC, despite that studies are slow in coming.

I know I'm being a bit nit-picky here but...

Doncha all just love it that whenever there is something POSITIVE to say about low carb eating, it is always described in the report as a "Mediterranean/low carb" diet and then the headlines always only mention the "Mediterranean" part?

Makes me wonder, just WHAT is the difference between those "Mediterranean/low carbohydrate diets" (which are apparently so good and healthy) and the "NON-Mediterranean low carbohydrate diets" that regularly get vilified in the press? I mean, is it something like whether or not one eats olives and cooks with olive oil???

BTW, I read the linked report and the good diet is actually described as a Mediterranean/low carbohydrate plus 28g walnuts/day diet. Maybe the healthy advantage was due strictly to the 28g walnuts/day.

Amen, "Mediterranean" has no definition in this context, which renders the term meaningless, but it's today's magic word.

Isn't the so-called Mediterranean diet based on that Ancel Keys study (not Seven Countries) at a time when everybody in Europe was starving post-war? Or something like that. Or maybe it was dreamed up by The Godfather to boost olive oil imports.

Those of us raised on Crisco and Mazola (corn oil) seem to be surviving. How did we ever manage??

The dieters were given food guidelines and had prepared lunches.

" For the LF diet, the aim was to limit total fat intake to 30% of calories, with up to 10% of saturated fat, and no more than 300 mg/day of cholesterol, and to increase dietary fiber. Participants were counseled to consume whole grains, vegetables, fruits, and legumes and to limit their consumption of additional fats, sweets, and high-fat snacks. The MED/LC diet combined the Mediterranean and low-carbohydrate diets described in our previous weight loss trial (the DIRECT trial)[15]. The diet restricted carbohydrate intake to less than 40 g/day in the first two months (induction phase), and thereafter a gradual increase up to 70 g/day, and increased protein and fat intake, according to the MED diet. The MED/LC diet was rich in vegetables and legumes and low in red meat, with poultry and fish replacing beef and lamb. This group was provided 28 g of walnuts/day [160 Kcal/84% fat, mostly PUFA (omega-3 α-linolenic acid)] starting from the third month, after the induction phase."

https://www.sciencedirect.com/scien...168827819302740