If you're overweight or obese and eat the same number of calories, boosting protein or saturated fat from dairy for a month doesn't seem to hurt your blood sugar control or cholesterol levels.

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Diets high in protein or saturated fat do not affect insulin sensitivity or plasma concentrations of lipids and lipoproteins in overweight and obese adults.

Randomized Controlled Trial

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2014 Nov

The study looked at what happens when overweight adults eat more protein or saturated fat for a month, and found it didn’t harm their blood sugar or cholesterol levels.

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Diets high in protein or saturated fat do not affect insulin sensitivity or plasma concentrations of lipids and lipoproteins in overweight and obese adults.

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DOI: 10.3945/jn.114.197624

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