Efeitos metabólicos da dieta low carb no emagrecimento: uma revisão bibliográfica

• Autor(a) principal: Vieira, Yone Menezes
• Data de Publicação: 2018
• Tipo de documento: Trabalho de conclusão de curso
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UFS
• Texto Completo: http://ri.ufs.br/jspui/handle/riufs/8747
• topic: Obesidade; Carboidratos; Emagrecimento; Dieta; Excesso de peso; Dieta restrita em carboidrato; Overweight; Weight loss; Diet carbohydrate restricted; Carbohydrate; Obesity

Introduction and objective: As studies begin to demonstrate a relationship between the current diet and some chronic non-communicable diseases, the scientific comunity looks for new nutritional strategies in order to improve the population’s quality of life. Among them, one in particular stands out as an alternative approach to weight loss, the low carb diet. It consists of a carbohydrate restricted diet rich in proteins, which promotes ketosis, satiety and increased energy expenditure. However, the answers to this diet are not fully cleared up raising a lot of concerns. The purpose of this work was to realize a integrative review regarding the metabolic effects of a low carb diet on weight loss. Materials and Methods: This is an integrative review of literature conducted through the search of scientific articles in the Scientific Electronic Library Online (SCIELO), Public Medline (PUBMED) and Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences (LILACS). The key words used were: overweight, obesity, carbohydrate, diet carbohydrate restricted and weight loss. It were obtained and combined through the Descriptors in Health Sciences (DeCS). Results: A total of 829 articles were identified and after the inclusion and exclusion criteria, titles and abstracts analysis, 12 articles were selected for this review. Most studies show a positive relationship between a low carb diet and weight loss despite concerns. Conclusion: Despite some positive results, more studies should be performed to better understandment of the mechanisms involved in adopting a low-carb diet and weight loss.