trial of two different diets in 60 men BMI > 29

has this scientific trial been discussed yet here :

"Visceral adiposity and metabolic syndrome after very high–fat and low-fat isocaloric diets: a randomized controlled trial1"

http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/early/2016/11/30/ajcn.115.123463.abstract?papetoc

a Norwegian trial of two diets with 60 participating men of a BMI higher than 29 ...where one diets was high in carbs low in fat , and the another diet very high in fat low in carbs, seems to find that the one (VHFLC) do raise HDL and the other (LFHC) lowers LDL , but did not differentially influence visceral fat and metabolic syndrome in a low-processed, lower-glycemic dietary context...

I find it interesting that one seems to be able by different choice of diet to choose if one wants to lower LDL or if one wants to highten HDL ... thats news

but that those very different diets did no difference in helping metabolic syndrome is a big surprise I think

what do you think of this trial and those results ?

haha.... dear John thank you for you part

DavidGrahamJones said:

I wish I had my LDL and HDL numbers from when I lowered my carbs and remained on lowish fat.

Obviously it's only anecdotal but the greatest surprise I had was that when I cut out bread/pasta/rice/potato from my diet, my total cholesterol dropped from 5.3 to 3. It at least gave me the confidence to bin statins and after 4 years not taking any and my recent so called "heart attack" while on holiday in the US, where several tests showed a healthy heart and the arteries of a 60 year old (I'm 64, I'm happy).

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that is so fine, mine also dropped from 5.6 to 4.3 in 3 month my doctor had told me my high cholesterol was inherited and wouldn´t be possible to control without statins, but I refused to take them, but only in 3 month proved her wrong... also by lowering my carbs very much