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David Evans

Independent Health Researcher

Friday 4 February 2011

Low-carbohydrate diets improve blood flow

Published in Metabolism. 2009 Dec;58(12):1769-77. Epub 2009 Jul 25.

Effects of dietary carbohydrate restriction versus low-fat diet on flow-mediated dilation.
Volek JS, Ballard KD, Silvestre R, Judelson DA, Quann EE, Forsythe CE, Fernandez ML, Kraemer WJ.
Department of Kinesiology and the Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269-1110, USA. jeff.volek@uconn.edu

This study can be accessed at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19632695

The findings of the study show that a low-carbohydrate diet improves post-meal blood vessel flow more than a low fat diet in overweight men and women.

AMAZON UK Life Without Bread: How a Low-Carbohydrate Diet Can Save Your Life
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