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Atkin's Diet and Cardiovascular Risk by Steve Lome D.O.

   Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) is well established as the leading cause of death in the United States and as
well as other industrialized countries. In order to decrease the incidence of CHD, the incidence of modifiable
cardiovascular risk factors must also be reduced. Cardiologists universally recommend dietary changes as a
means to lessen these cardiovascular risk factors and ultimately prevent CHD. The American Heart Association
(AHA) specifically recommends a diet of 30% of calories from fat or less as a healthy dietary modification.[1]
While low-fat diets are established to reduce lipid concentrations in patients with hyperlipidemia, they are
associated with poor long-term compliance and only modest weight loss.[2-3] Knowing that the prevalence of
obesity has continued to increase over the past 3 decades[3] and that low-fat diets have limited efficacy in
weight loss, the public’s interests have turned towards low-carbohydrate diets such as the Atikns or South
Beach diets. However, little is known regarding how these low-carbohydrate diets affect known cardiovascular
risk factors and no data exists explore these diets in patients with known coronary heart disease. This review
focuses strictly on the existing research data and expert analyses on how these popular low-carbohydrate
diets affect cardiovascular risk. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE

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