Table 6

24 hour urinary excretion of Calcium, Sodium, Potassium and Crosslinks before and after weight loss1


VLCARB
VLF
HUF

Baseline
12 weeks
Baseline
12 Weeks
Baseline
12 Weeks

Calcium2 mmol/24 hr
4.9 ± 0.5
6.1 ± 0.6a
4.3 ± 0.4
3.6 ± 0.4b,c
4.3 ± 0.6
3.8 ± 0.5a,c
Sodium3 mmol/24 hr
172.7 ± 16.2
163.6 ± 15.2
173.9 ± 10.6
168.3 ± 13.1
175.4 ± 16.5
141.6 ± 11.9
Potassium4 mmol/24 hr
80.0 ± 4.8
65.2 ± 3.9a
83.2 ± 5.7
98.1 ± 5.8b,c
77.8 ± 5.9
74.3 ± 5.0a,c
Deoxypyridinoline:creatinine5 nmol/mmol
18.0 ± 1.0
20.5 ± 1.6
21.2 ± 1.5
23.1 ± 1.5
19.4 ± 1.1
22.4 ± 1.2
Pyridinoline:creatinine5 nmol/mmol
64.5 ± 3.0
73.3 ± 4.2
71.9 ± 5.3
83.9 ± 5.7
67.0 ± 2.9
77.1 ± 3.0

1 Mean ± SEM

2 Main effect of diet p = 0.025 using repeated measures ANOVA. Variables with different superscripts are significantly different using Tukey's test for post hoc analysis (P < 0.05).

3 No significant effect of time or diet using repeated measures ANOVA

4 Main effect of diet P < 0.001. Variables with different superscripts are significantly different using Tukey's test for post hoc analysis (P < 0.05).

5 Main effect of time using repeated measures ANOVA P < 0.0001

VLCARB = very low carbohydrate diet (n = 24) VLF = very low fat diet (n = 22) HUF = high unsaturated fat (n = 21)

Noakes et al. Nutrition & Metabolism 2006 3:7   doi:10.1186/1743-7075-3-7