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After losing weight, people on low-carb diets have less of the fullness hormone leptin than those on high-carb diets, which might make them feel less full.
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During weight-loss maintenance, energy expenditure was higher with lower-carbohydrate diets
Randomized Controlled Trial
Human
2019 Mar 19This study gave people who lost weight either a low-carb or high-carb diet and measured their leptin levels — the results matched the claim exactly, even if the difference wasn’t quite strong enough to be called 'definitive'.
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