Popular Diet Slashes Liver Fat by 67% While Reversing Prediabetes in some People
The ketogenic group saw the largest drop in liver fat and the biggest gains in hepatic insulin sensitivity after about 10% weight loss, researchers said.
- A Cell Metabolism study found the ketogenic diet reduced liver fat by roughly 67% in adults with obesity and prediabetes, outperforming both Mediterranean and fat-restricted diets.
- Researchers randomized 55 participants with metabolically unhealthy obesity to three weight-loss diets, with 42 completing the five-month trial averaging 43 years old and a BMI of nearly 39.
- While muscle insulin sensitivity improved by about 50% across all groups, ketogenic diet participants saw the greatest decline in 24-hour plasma insulin exposure at 74%, compared with 44% for MedDiet followers.
- About 50% of ketogenic diet participants no longer met prediabetes criteria by trial's end, compared with 29% in the Mediterranean group and 7% in the fat-restricted group.
- The small sample size—about 14 people per group—limits broader application, researcher Muhlstein noted, suggesting the ketogenic diet might serve as short-term treatment for prediabetes before transitioning to Mediterranean.
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The scale told a similar story across three diets. The liver told a different one
In a randomized controlled trial of people with metabolically unhealthy obesity, approximately 10% weight loss improved insulin sensitivity and several cardiometabolic measures across ketogenic, Mediterranean, and very-low-fat plant-forward diets. However, the very-low-carbohydrate ketogenic diet produced larger improvements in hepatic insulin sensitivity and greater reductions in liver fat and several glucose and insulin measures than the highe…
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