{"id":5278,"date":"2018-09-17T06:00:47","date_gmt":"2018-09-17T10:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/candostreet.com\/blog-parents\/?p=5278"},"modified":"2018-09-09T17:09:24","modified_gmt":"2018-09-09T21:09:24","slug":"5278","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/candostreetny.com\/blog-parents\/5278\/","title":{"rendered":"A Low Carbohydrate-High Protein Diet: Is it Safe?"},"content":{"rendered":"

It seems that we are always being bombarded with news about the ever-expanding American waistline. There is often a new diet<\/a> rage to follow. While others go to extremes,\u00a0<\/span>many of us, in an effort to lose weight quickly, embrace a low carbohydrate-high protein diet.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The low carb-high protein diet has become popular because of the short-term effects on weight control, but concerns have been raised about the potential cardiovascular effects over the long term. Studies exploring the issue have given mixed results, but three European studies showed a greater risk of cardiovascular mortality with such a diet.<\/p>\n

Findings about a Low Carbohydrate-High Protein Diet<\/h2>\n

If you are on one, or thinking about going on one, please consider the findings of a study that followed young Swedish women over 15+years that was reported online in BMJ (an open-access peer-reviewed medical journal).<\/p>\n