Published in the British Medical Journal, the researchers said: “Our findings suggest that a more effective strategy to lose weight over the long term is to focus on cutting processed carbohydrates, not calories.”
They concluded in the BMJ that: “Consistent with the carbohydrate-insulin model, lowering dietary carbohydrate increased energy expenditure during weight loss maintenance. This metabolic effect may improve the success of obesity treatment, especially among those with high insulin secretion.”
Their study, that followed 234 clinically obese adults over a 10-week period in 2018, concluded that the participants on a low carbohydrate diet burned more calories than those who were eating more carbohydrates.
Harvard’s modelling suggested that eating foods and meals that had a lot of carbohydrates resulted in an overproduction of insulin.
