The Low-Carbohydrate Diet in the Treatment of Obesity

16 May 1972

journal article
research article
Published by Taylor & Francis in Postgraduate Medicine

Vol. 51 (5) , 151-154
https://doi.org/10.1080/00325481.1972.11698244

Abstract

Obese patients are not likely to follow a diet that is unpalatable and unsatisfying. With the low-carbohydrate diet, patients limit carbohydrate to about 50 or 60 gm a day and eat as much protein and fat as they want. This plan gives palatability, satisfaction of hunger, good nutrition, and a deficit of 1000 cal a day or more. Moreover, the patient does not need to know caloric values of foods.

Keywords

OBESITY
TREATMENT
PROTEIN
CARBOHYDRATE DIET
LOW CARBOHYDRATE
GOOD
UNSATISFYING
WANT
KNOW
CAL

This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:

Nutrient Intake of Subjects on Low Carbohydrate Diet Used in Treatment of Obesity
The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 1970
THE TREATMENT OF OBESITY BY THE "HIGH-FAT" DIET
The Lancet, 1960