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Weight Loss: One of the primary reasons people adopt low-carbohydrate diets is for weight loss. By reducing carbohydrate intake, the body shifts to burning fat for fuel, leading to increased fat burning and potentially greater weight loss compared to other diets.
Improved Blood Sugar Control: Low-carbohydrate diets can help stabilize blood sugar levels and improve insulin sensitivity, making them beneficial for individuals with type 2 diabetes or prediabetes. By reducing carbohydrate intake, these diets can lead to lower blood sugar levels and reduced insulin resistance.
Reduced Risk of Metabolic Syndrome: Metabolic syndrome is a cluster of conditions that increase the risk of heart disease, stroke, and type 2 diabetes. Low-carbohydrate diets have been shown to improve several risk factors associated with metabolic syndrome, including high blood pressure, high triglyceride levels, low HDL cholesterol levels, and abdominal obesity.
Improved Cardiovascular Health: While low-carbohydrate diets may initially increase levels of LDL cholesterol (often referred to as "bad" cholesterol), they can also increase levels of HDL cholesterol (often referred to as "good" cholesterol) and improve other markers of cardiovascular health, such as triglyceride levels and blood pressure. Some studies suggest that low-carbohydrate diets may be effective for reducing the risk of heart disease and stroke.
Enhanced Mental Clarity and Focus: Some individuals report improved mental clarity, focus, and cognitive function when following a low-carbohydrate diet, especially during periods of ketosis. Ketosis occurs when the body produces ketones from fat for fuel, which can provide an alternative energy source for the brain and may have cognitive benefits for some individuals.
Reduced Risk of Certain Cancers: Low-carbohydrate diets may help reduce the risk of certain types of cancer, including colorectal cancer and breast cancer. By reducing insulin levels and decreasing inflammation, low-carbohydrate diets may create an environment that is less conducive to cancer cell growth and proliferation.
Appetite Control and Satiety: Low-carbohydrate diets are often associated with increased feelings of fullness and satiety, which can lead to reduced calorie intake and easier weight management. High-protein and high-fat foods tend to be more filling than carbohydrates, which may help individuals on low-carbohydrate diets eat fewer calories without feeling hungry.
Improved Skin Health: Some individuals report improvements in skin health, including reduced acne and inflammation, when following a low-carbohydrate diet. While more research is needed in this area, low-carbohydrate diets may help regulate hormones and reduce inflammation, which can contribute to clearer skin.
We extend modifiers to include items that changes the parent and child taxa. I.e. for a species, that would be the genus that is belongs to and the strains in the species.
A higher number indicates impact on more bacteria associated with the condition and confidence on the impact.
We have X bacteria high and Y low reported. We find that the modifier reduces some and increases other of these two groups. We just tally: X|reduces + Y|Increase = Positive β X|increases + Y|decrease = Negative.
Benefit Ratio:
Numbers above 0 have increasing positive effect.
Numbers below 0 have increasing negative effect.