Trial reportJCI insight2019
Dietary carbohydrate restriction improves metabolic syndrome independent of weight loss.
Trial report in JCI insight, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 4 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 117 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Controlled Feeding Study to Show Effects of Manipulating Carbohydrate and Cheese on Health Markers In Individuals With Metabolic Syndrome
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Use of Signos mHealth Platform in Participants With Non-Insulin Dependent Type 2 Diabetes: Weight and Blood Glucose
A Randomized Controlled Trial Evaluating the Safety and Effectiveness of the Intelligently-Driven Signos System for Personalized Weight Management in Overweight and Obese Adults
Who cites it
117 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 204 citations in OpenAlex.
- The impact of the ketogenic diet on the health of patients with metabolic syndrome: a scoping review.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Pooled it
- Effect of dietary carbohydrate intake on glycaemic control and insulin resistance in type 2 diabetes: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Asia Pacific journal of clinical nutrition · 2025Pooled it
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- The Effects of Concurrent Training Combined with Low-Carbohydrate High-Fat Ketogenic Diet on Body Composition and Aerobic Performance: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
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- Restricting carbohydrates and calories in the treatment of type 2 diabetes: a systematic review of the effectiveness of 'low-carbohydrate' interventions with differing energy levels.Journal of nutritional sciencePooled it
- Epigenetic Age Acceleration and Cardiometabolic Biomarkers in Response to Weight-Loss Dietary Interventions Among Obese Individuals: The MACRO Trial.Aging cell · 2025Trial
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- The Impact of the Mediterranean Diet and Lifestyle Intervention on Lipoprotein Subclass Profiles among Metabolic Syndrome Patients: Findings of a Randomized Controlled Trial.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Trial
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- Effects of Hypocaloric Low-Fat, Ketogenic, and Ketogenic and Ketone Supplement Diets on Aldosterone and Renin.The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism · 2023Trial
- Impact of a Low-Insulin-Stimulating Bread on Weight Development-A Real Life Randomised Controlled Trial.Nutrients · 2023Trial
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- Effects of a low-carbohydrate diet on insulin-resistant dyslipoproteinemia-a randomized controlled feeding trial.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2022Trial
- Body weight and metabolic risk factors in patients with type 2 diabetes on a self-selected high-protein low-carbohydrate diet.European journal of nutrition · 2021Trial
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- Effects of a Self-Prepared Carbohydrate-Reduced High-Protein Diet on Cardiovascular Disease Risk Markers in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes.Nutrients · 2021Trial
- Comparison of Ketogenic Diets with and without Ketone Salts versus a Low-Fat Diet: Liver Fat Responses in Overweight Adults.Nutrients · 2021Trial
57 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Authors and funding
17 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
BACKGROUNDMetabolic syndrome (MetS) is highly correlated with obesity and cardiovascular risk, but the importance of dietary carbohydrate independent of weight loss in MetS treatment remains controversial. Here, we test the theory that dietary carbohydrate intolerance (i.e., the inability to process carbohydrate in a healthy manner) rather than obesity per se is a fundamental feature of MetS.METHODSIndividuals who were obese with a diagnosis of MetS were fed three 4-week weight-maintenance diets that were low, moderate, and high in carbohydrate. Protein was constant and fat was exchanged isocalorically for carbohydrate across all diets.RESULTSDespite maintaining body mass, low-carbohydrate (LC) intake enhanced fat oxidation and was more effective in reversing MetS, especially high triglycerides, low HDL-C, and the small LDL subclass phenotype. Carbohydrate restriction also improved abnormal fatty acid composition, an emerging MetS feature. Despite containing 2.5 times more saturated fat than the high-carbohydrate diet, an LC diet decreased plasma total saturated fat and palmitoleate and increased arachidonate.CONCLUSIONConsistent with the perspective that MetS is a pathologic state that manifests as dietary carbohydrate intolerance, these results show that compared with eucaloric high-carbohydrate intake, LC/high-fat diets benefit MetS independent of whole-body or fat mass.TRIAL REGISTRATIONClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02918422.FUNDINGDairy Management Inc. and the Dutch Dairy Association.
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