Low-Calorie Diet

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A 6-month ketogenic diet and 2-month calorie-restricted diet were associated with significant reductions in biological age in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis, according to a poster at ACTRIMS.

BOSTON — Behavioral modification with diet and exercise demonstrated similar weight-loss benefits vs. other pharmaceutical and surgical approaches to obesity management, but patients must remain adherent, a speaker reported.

Published results showed exercise in combination with glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist treatment may be an effective weight loss strategy that preserves clinically relevant site-specific bone mineral density.

Participants adhering to a calorie-restricted diet who exercised approximately 1.5 hours per week for 1 year had about the same amount of weight loss as those on the same diet who exercised nearly 4 hours per week, according to research presented at Nutrition 2020.

PHILADELPHIA — People with a gene variant that makes certain vegetables taste bitter had lower vegetable intake compared with people without the variant, making adherence to a heart-healthy diet a challenge, according to data presented at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions.