Contrary to popular belief, a new study shows that incorporating good sugars into your diet can promote weight loss. Explanations.
Often fingered, we tend to want to completely eradicate bad carbohydrates from our diet when we start a diet. Yet a study published in Nutrients shows that high carbohydrate diets can reduce weight, body fat and improve insulin levels in overweight people.
Vegetable carbohydrates
Be careful, however, this study does not recommend a diet based on processed sugar, but a diet containing carbohydrates of plant origin, thus emphasizing the importance of fruits and vegetables in a healthy diet.
Carried out for 16 weeks by researchers from Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, this study required two distinct groups. The former followed a plant-based diet high in carbohydrates and low in fat and avoided all animal products and added oils. The second control group did not change their diet which included meat and dairy products. All the participants kept their usual sports practices.
At the end of the trial, body mass index (BMI), body weight, body fat, visceral fat volume, and insulin resistance significantly decreased in the group of people doing the test. plant-based diet. However, there was no significant change in the control group.
The study results corroborate previous research findings that a plant-based, high-carbohydrate diet may help with weight regulation and also reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes. These vegetable carbohydrates are also rich in fiber, and allow better transit and good digestion.
Fruits, vegetables and seeds: good for you
“Fad diets often raise concerns about carbohydrates. But research continues to show that healthy carbohydrates – from fruits, vegetables, beans and whole grains – are the healthiest fuel for our bodies,” said Hana Kahleova, MD, Ph.D., Director of Clinical Research at Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine.
Fruits and vegetables, in addition to being good for the weight, are known for their preventive role against diabetes and obesity. They would also have beneficial effects to prevent certain cancers, protect against high blood pressure or, according to an American study, reduce the risk of stroke. In France, if the 5 fruits and vegetables per day campaign has been massively disseminated over the past 20 years, only one in four French people would follow these recommendations.
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