A high-protein diet prevents weight regain after weight loss, as Europe has completed an investigation on nutrition.
This is one of the preliminary results of Project Diogenes (Diet, obesity and genes), conducted among families of 8 countries (Denmark, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Bulgaria, Greece, Czech Republic, Germany and Spain), informed the Spanish University of Navarra , who participated in the study.
The research concludes that “increasing the intake of protein in the diet prevents weight regain after thinning, while the glycemic index of food related sugars does not play an important role.
For six months were followed to adult participants, who were required to lose at least 8 percent of their weight before the whole family were subjected to the intervention.
In total, 763 individuals lost weight half of 11.2 kilograms per person.
