A healthy diet reduces liver fat by 67% in clinical trials.

Recently, global health agencies and public health systems have continued to advance service capacity building to provide stronger guarantees for public health. A very low-carbohydrate, high-fat diet may provide greater metabolic benefits for obese patients than a Mediterranean diet or a low-fat diet, according to a clinical trial published in the journal Cell Metabolism on August 27, 2022. After four to five months of dietary habits, about half of participants with obesity and early diabetes no longer meet the criteria for an early diagnosis of diabetes.

We know that weight loss can improve metabolic health in obese people, says Samuel Klein of the St. Louis University School of Medicine in Washington, D. C.

An estimated 40 percent of U. S. adults are obese.

Doctors often recommend a low-fat, low-carbohydrate or Mediterranean diet for weight loss, but researchers don't know whether a method that provides additional metabolic benefits outweighs the effects of weight loss. The three diets differ significantly in the amount of carbohydrates and fats they provide. The low-carbohydrate diet (also known as the Atkins or ketogenic diet) greatly limits the intake of carbohydrates.

The low-fat diet, by contrast, provides over 70% of its energy. The Mediterranean diet emphasizes plant-based foods such as vegetables, olive oil and nuts, and moderate fish and dairy products. The ketogenic diet can include high-fat foods, including animal products.

To compare the results, Klein and his colleagues recruited 42 patients with obesity, pre-diabetes or fatty liver disease in a clinical trial. Participants were randomly assigned to follow a lean diet, a Mediterranean diet, or a low-fat, plant-based diet. The research team provided all the food and the participants met with a nutritionist every week to help them stay on the diet plan they were assigned.

The ketogenic diet supplied just 4% of calories from carbohydrates and 73% from fat. In the Mediterranean group, 50% of calories came from carbohydrates, and 35% from fat. The plant-based progressive diet provided 70% of calories from carbohydrates, and 15% from fat.

The researchers adjusted the calorie intake for each participant so that participants in all three dietary groups could achieve a weight loss goal of about 10 percent. To achieve this goal, it took about four to five months. Throughout the study, participants in all three dietary groups achieved significant gains in weight loss.

It should be noted that the above information was compiled based on the results of international public research, for reference to HealthCop, and does not constitute medical advice. If you have any health questions, please consult a medical professional.