June 1/Baltimore/Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions -- Low-carb, higher-fat diets add no arterial health risks to obese people seeking to lose weight

Overweight and obese people looking to drop some pounds and considering one of the popular low-carbohydrate diets, along with moderate exercise, need not worry that the higher proportion of fat in such a program compared to a low-fat, high-carb diet may harm their arteries, suggests a pair of new studies by heart and vascular researchers at Johns Hopkins.