[PA Engineer]

The amount of carbs varied from person to person because they wanted to keep their weight constant for the study. Some persons took more calories to do that and some less. So carbs were kept at 6% of total calorie intake. 6% of the average 3000 calorie value is how I got the numbers above.

I also reviewed it. I wish they would have taken in account the basal metabolic rate (BMR). They should have also reviewed the patients muscle, fat, and bone mass with bio-impedance analysis or a DEXA scan. A non-DEXA test would have been very economical and rapid at both the beginning of the testing and endpoint.

One of the effects of metabolic syndrome is sarcopenia (muscle loss). Reducing insulin resistance may result in the metabolic reversal of this symptom.

If a high caloric and low carb (45.5 is questionable as low) and muscle loss reverses (BMR stable or increasing) while maintaining body fat they would have provided more significant findings with their study. They missed a chance to dig deeper into the syndrome.

Shame.

[mlo]

Another study can do that. These things are more effective when they are focused.

[9YearLurker]

I think that is expecting a lot in such a short period of time.

[I got the rope]

They wouldnt reach sarcopenia. Also...they may have collected enough data to calculate bmr. Not the purpose of the study...but it may be there. Ask them for it.