Effect of dietary carbohydrate restriction with and without weight loss on atherogenic dyslipidemia.

Author: Wood RJ

Author affiliation: Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, USA. woodr@dom.pitt.edu

Publication date & source: 2006.12, Nutr Rev., 64(12):539-45.

Publication type: Review

Increasing evidence suggests a role for carbohydrate restriction in the dietary treatment of atherogenic dyslipidemia. The effects of carbohydrate restriction on the specific aspects of lipoprotein metabolism affected by atherogenic dyslipidemia under weight-stable and weight-loss conditions are reviewed here.