Eating fewer carbs—like bread, pasta, and sugar—might help you lose about 3 pounds on average compared to eating a normal amount, especially if you're overweight. It could be a helpful short-term strategy to manage your weight.

After losing weight, people who eat very little carbs burn about 190 more calories per day than those who eat a lot of carbs, even when they’re eating the same amount of food and not exercising more.

Low-carb diets help people with obesity lose a little weight at first, but the benefits fade after a year, so they might not work well for keeping weight off long-term.

Eating fewer carbs and calories helps overweight people lose weight by improving how their bodies process energy. This finding is from the abstract summary - full study details were not available

Whether you cut fat or carbs, if you eat the same number of calories, you’ll lose about the same amount of weight.

For every 10% less carbs someone eats after losing weight, their body burns about 52 extra calories a day — like adding a short walk to their daily routine.