According to recent studies, a low-glycemic-load diet enhanced weight loss among certain volunteers on a reduced-calorie diet for six months. It was noticed that the significant level of weight loss was limited to those among the study participants who where considered high-insulin-secreting. The findings could lead to more customized weight-loss strategies in the future, though the results must be replicated in a larger study before being considered definitive.
The study was performed at the HNRCA as part of a trial funded by the National Institutes of Health. Half of the participants were randomly assigned to a low-glycemic-load diet of 40 percent carbohydrates, 30 percent protein and 30 percent fat. All participants lost some weight as a result of restricting calories, but those who lost the most had high baseline levels of insulin secretion and ate the low-glycemic-load diet.
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