A new clinical trial from the US has said that a low-carb diet improves cholesterol levels, reports www.foodnavigator-usa.com.

Low-carb diets, like the once fashionable Atkins diet, have lost popularity among the public with critics saying that the approach puts followers at a higher risk of clogged arteries and heart attack in the long-term.

Atkins Nutritionals filed for bankruptcy last year, only to re-emerge this January with a new mission: to promote "tasty, portable nutrition".

Results of a study published in the May issue of The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (Vol. 83, pp. 989-990), however, seem to suggest that the public should not be so hasty to ditch the low-carb diet and that a more favourable cholesterol profile is observed when you stick to a diet low in carbohydrates, even if there is no weight loss.

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