Effect of Low-Carbohydrate Versus Balanced Diets on Anthropometric Blood Pressure, ApoB, and hsCRP in Healthy Adults

Comparative Evaluation of Low-Carbohydrate and Balanced Diets on Anthropometric and Cardiovascular Risk Markers in Healthy Volunteers: A Single-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial

The goal of this clinical trial is to explore the effect of a low-carbohydrate diet and a balanced diet.

The main questions it aims to answer are:

• Does a 4-week diet intervention improve anthropometric and cardiovascular parameters?
• What diet is more effective in promoting weight loss and improving cardiovascular parameters? Researchers will compare a low-carbohydrate diet and a balanced diet with control group.

Participants will:

• Take the intervention diet or control diet for 4 weeks
• will submit food records three times a week
• Visit the study location 2 times for check up and test

In this study, will some questions be recorded in the questioner about sociodemographics and lifestyle habits, and body weight and height will be measured. After that, a 1-tablespoon (5 mL) fasting blood sample be collected 2 times during the study.

Inclusion Criteria:

• age 18-59 years old
• ability to follow the prescribed meal plan and examination schedule during the study
• willing to participate in this study by signing informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

• a history of type 1 or type 2 diabetes,

• autoimmune disease

• thyroid disease

• major surgery in the past six months,

  ,- eating disorders,

• food allergy

• participation in other clinical trials

• impaired kidney function with serum creatinine ≥1.5 mg/dL

• abnormal liver function with alanine aminotransferase and aspartate aminotransferase levels exceeding threefold.