Eating mostly fats and very few carbs for 3 months helps overweight people lose fat and weight, on average about 5% body fat and 3.5 kg.

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Study on the influence of ketogenic diet and intermittent fasting on the change of body fat rate

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This study gave overweight people a low-carb, high-fat diet for 12 weeks and found they lost about 3.5 kg and 4.8% body fat — exactly what the claim says. So yes, the study supports it.

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Study on the influence of ketogenic diet and intermittent fasting on the change of body fat rate

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DOI: 10.62051/x89s5f16

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