Fructose in LCDs and cardiometabolic risk

Johnson and colleagues examined whether a whole-grain crispbread (CB) low-fructose, low-calorie diet (LCD) might be superior to a traditional LCD based on fructose-rich liquid meal replacements (LMRs) with respect to improvement of various cardiometabolic risk factors and reproductive hormones in morbidly obese women with polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS). Both LCDs (LMR and CB) were associated with significant improvements in several cardiometabolic risk factors and reproductive hormones. No significant differences in the effects of the two LCD diets on metabolic or reproductive variables were demonstrated.

Read the full article at Johnson et al. (2015) Endocrine Connections 4 144–154 DOI:10.1530/EC-15-0047