The Claim
In non-obese Japanese women with type 2 diabetes, a 3-month moderate low-carbohydrate diet reduced visceral and subcutaneous fat, and no significant correlation existed between reduced carbohydrate intake and fat loss.
What the research says
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In non-obese Japanese women with type 2 diabetes, following a moderate low-carbohydrate diet for three months led to reductions in both visceral and subcutaneous fat, but the amount of carbohydrate reduced did not predict the amount of fat lost.
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In non-obese Japanese women with type 2 diabetes, a 3-month moderate low-carbohydrate diet reduced visceral and subcutaneous fat, but no significant correlation was observed between reduced carbohydrate intake and fat loss.
When less sugar is eaten, the body makes less insulin, which tells fat cells to break down stored fat and burn it for energy instead of storing more.
What the research says
1 studyIn Japanese women with diabetes who ate fewer carbs for three months, their belly fat went down — but how many carbs they cut didn’t predict how much fat they lost. So cutting carbs helped, but not in a straightforward way.
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