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Recently we have reported research that high protein diets are unexpectedly associated with increased risk of cardiovascular mortality.
The current study carried out in a mouse laboratory model has shown that when fed a low carbohydrate diet the mice developed more hardening of the arteries that led to restriction of blood flow to vital tissues. The mice fed on a low carbohydrate diet were also less likely to be able to compensate for interruption to blood flow to vital organs. This occurred despite the absence of an increase in serum cholesterol implying that these effects were modulated via mechanisms independent of traditional risk factors for atherosclerosis.
The implications for patients on low carbohydrate diets could be unfortunate as this is the second study in a short period of time to bring to light a possible negative role of high protein diets which usually go hand in hand with low carbohydrate diets.
[...] atherosclerosis present in both groups. This would have been helpful as low carbohydrate diets have recently been found to increases the risk of atherosclerosis despite improvements in cholesterol levels. This risk has [...]
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