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Heart disease and stroke risk 'rises with low-carb diets'
Adhering to such diets can lead to the build-up of plaque in arteries, which in turn can make it harder for the body to form new blood vessels, a study conducted on mice found.
Three groups of mice, each of which were fed a different diet, were studied over a 12 week period by researchers from the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston.
Of the three, the mice on a low-carb diet was found to have built up more of the plaques in blood vessels than the other two groups - one of which was fed a western-style diet, the other of which was fed a standard mouse 'chow' diet.
Director of cardiovascular research at the institution Professor Anthony Rosenzweig said: "Examinations of the animals' bone marrow and peripheral blood showed that the measures of [endothelial progenitor cells] dropped fully 40 per cent among the mice on the low-carb diet - after only two weeks."
He added that it is necessary to be cautious when comparing such effects on mice to humans, but that nonetheless the findings did convince him to come off a low-carb diet.
25 August 2009
Following Atkins-style diets that are low in carbohydrates but high in protein could lead to greater risk of heart attacks and stroke, it has been claimed.Adhering to such diets can lead to the build-up of plaque in arteries, which in turn can make it harder for the body to form new blood vessels, a study conducted on mice found.
Three groups of mice, each of which were fed a different diet, were studied over a 12 week period by researchers from the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston.
Of the three, the mice on a low-carb diet was found to have built up more of the plaques in blood vessels than the other two groups - one of which was fed a western-style diet, the other of which was fed a standard mouse 'chow' diet.
Director of cardiovascular research at the institution Professor Anthony Rosenzweig said: "Examinations of the animals' bone marrow and peripheral blood showed that the measures of [endothelial progenitor cells] dropped fully 40 per cent among the mice on the low-carb diet - after only two weeks."
He added that it is necessary to be cautious when comparing such effects on mice to humans, but that nonetheless the findings did convince him to come off a low-carb diet.
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