A 3-Week, Low-Carbohydrate, High-Fat Diet Improves Multiple Serum Inflammatory Markers in Endurance-Trained Males

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Waldman, HS, Heatherly, AJ, Killen, LG, Hollingsworth, A, Koh, Y, and O'Neal, EK. A three-week, low-carbohydrate, high-fat diet improves multiple serum inflammatory markers in endurance-trained males. J Strength Cond Res 36(9): 2502–2508, 2022—This study examined the effects of a low-carbohydrate, high-fat diet (LCHF) on inflammatory marker responses in middle-aged endurance athletes. Eight male runners maintained their habitual mixed diet (HMD) in the first phase of the study before switching to a noncalorically restricted LCHF diet (∼70% of kcals from fat; carbohydrate p < 0.05) favoring LCHF before exercise, and sCD30/TNFRSF8 favored ( p < 0.05) LCHF before (HMD = 459 ± 111; LCHF = 296 ± 100) and after (HMD = 385 ± 104; LCHF = 285 ± 104 pg·ml −1 ) exercise. Although the current dietary intervention was short in duration, LCHF seems to offer some protection against multiple chronic inflammation markers for physically active men between ages 30 and 50 years.

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