Cut Carbs for a Healthier Heart
Banishing your gut improves more than just your appearance. The real reward is a healthier heart. Fortunately, cutting your carbohydrate intake by just a third will help you lose fat while significantly lowering your triglyceride level, a key predictor of heart disease.
At the University of California at Davis, scientists found that slashing carbs to less than 40 percent of total calories deactivated a triglyceride-producing gene called stearoyl-coenzyme A desaturase (SCD). In fact, the greater the carb reduction, the less active the gene. [source: Men's Health]
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