Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Low Carb Blood Pressure

It hasn't worked for us but it might work for you. The headlines and stories all tout: "A low-carbohydrate diet like Atkins is better at cutting blood pressure than weight-loss pills, say US doctors." BBC News, LA Times, and Reuters.

Called a low-carbohydrate, ketogenic diet (LCKD) the results were especially pronounced for individuals with combination symptoms, high blood pressure and diabetes. For those of us with just high blood pressure the weight went down but not pressure. Nor was our results a part of a scientific study and we don't number one hundred and forty-six (146). We're what you would call real world experience. The study said:
(t)he mean age was 52 years and mean body mass index was 39.3 (calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared); 72% were men, 55% were black, and 32% had type 2 diabetes mellitus. (Archives of Internal Medicine)
We love the Atkins logo and it probably should be noted that Atkins doesn't obviously appear to be funding the study by the Durham VA Medical Center. But we do love the logo, or rather someone of us do. It says: "Sweet, sexy science." Oh, yeah! If science is going to be anything we think it should be sweet and sexy. Unfortunately it's anything but sweet or sexy. We just like where their head is, well some of us do anyway!

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