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ACSM: Low-Carb Diet, Fatty Meal Don't Harm Arteries - in Primary Care, Diet & Nutrition from MedPage Today. Low-carbohydrate diets that require patients to fill up on fats won't lead to harder arteries, at least not in the short term, researchers found. Endothelial function and arterial stiffness were no different for those who lost 10 pounds after curbing their carb intake than for those on a more traditional, low-fat diet, Kerry Stewart, EdD, of Johns Hopkins, and colleagues reported at the American College of Sports Medicine meeting in Denver. "Losing weight may be more important to [arterial] health than the diet you're on," Stewart told MedPage Today. Some researchers have raised concerns that replacing carbs with fats may have adverse effects on vasculature, especially since promoting consumption of fats runs "counter to what the public has been told [about reducing fat intake] for the last 20 or so years," he said.

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