Re: Low carbohydrate-high protein diet and incidence of cardiovascular diseases in Swedish women: prospective cohort study

Kay, Bartholomew

Publication date

January 2015

Publisher

BMJ

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A letter to the Editor.Dear editor-in-chief. I saw this article referred to (but not actually cited) in a 'Mirror' report bought to my attention by a family member this week. The title and conclusions of this paper are misleading and inappropriate in my professional opinion. A 'Low carbohydrate diet of the Atkins' or ketogenic style' is <20g CHO.day-1. The tenth percentile (at the low end of intake) reported in this study was 123+ g.day-1. This is patently not a low CHO diet. Secondly, the assumption (and statement by the authors to the effect) that reduced CHO is meaningfully correlated with increased protein intake is demonstrably incorrect as the correlations between 'low carb / high protein score' and either macro nutrient intake wer...

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Re: Low carbohydrate-high protein diet and incidence of cardiovascular diseases in Swedish women: prospective cohort study

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