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. 2017 Aug:22:20-21.
doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2017.07.001. Epub 2017 Jul 4.

Low-Fat or Low Carb for Weight Loss? It Depends on Your Glucose Metabolism

Arne Astrup  1 , Mads F Hjorth  2
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Low-Fat or Low Carb for Weight Loss? It Depends on Your Glucose Metabolism

Arne Astrup et al. EBioMedicine. 2017 Aug.
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Changes in bodyweight among participants during an initial 8-week low calorie diet followed by a 26 weeks weight maintenance diet high or low in glycemic load. (A) Participants with prediabetes. (B) Normoglycemic participants. Based on data from reference Hjorth et al. (2017).
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