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Low-carbohydrate nutrition and metabolism.

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Westman, EC; Feinman, RD; Mavropoulos, JC; Vernon, MC; Volek, JS; Wortman, JA; Yancy, WS; Phinney, SD
Published in: Am J Clin Nutr
August 2007

The persistence of an epidemic of obesity and type 2 diabetes suggests that new nutritional strategies are needed if the epidemic is to be overcome. A promising nutritional approach suggested by this thematic review is carbohydrate restriction. Recent studies show that, under conditions of carbohydrate restriction, fuel sources shift from glucose and fatty acids to fatty acids and ketones, and that ad libitum-fed carbohydrate-restricted diets lead to appetite reduction, weight loss, and improvement in surrogate markers of cardiovascular disease.

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Am J Clin Nutr

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0002-9165

Publication Date

August 2007

Volume

86

Issue

2

Start / End Page

276 / 284

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Weight Loss
  • Risk Factors
  • Nutritional Status
  • Nutrition & Dietetics
  • Ketone Bodies
  • Humans
  • Exercise
  • Dietary Carbohydrates
  • Diet, Carbohydrate-Restricted
  • Cardiovascular Diseases
 

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Westman, E. C., Feinman, R. D., Mavropoulos, J. C., Vernon, M. C., Volek, J. S., Wortman, J. A., … Phinney, S. D. (2007). Low-carbohydrate nutrition and metabolism. Am J Clin Nutr, 86(2), 276–284. https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcn/86.2.276
Westman, Eric C., Richard D. Feinman, John C. Mavropoulos, Mary C. Vernon, Jeff S. Volek, James A. Wortman, William S. Yancy, and Stephen D. Phinney. “Low-carbohydrate nutrition and metabolism.Am J Clin Nutr 86, no. 2 (August 2007): 276–84. https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcn/86.2.276.
Westman EC, Feinman RD, Mavropoulos JC, Vernon MC, Volek JS, Wortman JA, et al. Low-carbohydrate nutrition and metabolism. Am J Clin Nutr. 2007 Aug;86(2):276–84.
Westman, Eric C., et al. “Low-carbohydrate nutrition and metabolism.Am J Clin Nutr, vol. 86, no. 2, Aug. 2007, pp. 276–84. Pubmed, doi:10.1093/ajcn/86.2.276.
Westman EC, Feinman RD, Mavropoulos JC, Vernon MC, Volek JS, Wortman JA, Yancy WS, Phinney SD. Low-carbohydrate nutrition and metabolism. Am J Clin Nutr. 2007 Aug;86(2):276–284.

Published In

Am J Clin Nutr

DOI

ISSN

0002-9165

Publication Date

August 2007

Volume

86

Issue

2

Start / End Page

276 / 284

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Weight Loss
  • Risk Factors
  • Nutritional Status
  • Nutrition & Dietetics
  • Ketone Bodies
  • Humans
  • Exercise
  • Dietary Carbohydrates
  • Diet, Carbohydrate-Restricted
  • Cardiovascular Diseases