Early Relationships of a Low-Energy Diet With Symptoms of Fibromyalgia.
Aaron StubbsSteve HarteDaniel J ClauwDavid A WilliamsJenna McAfeeNicole MillerMegan BrownCatherine Nay MedAmy RothbergAndrew SchrepfPublished in: ACR open rheumatology (2022)
This degree of improvement after 3 weeks of a VLED is encouraging. These findings help establish the temporal pattern of symptom improvement associated with caloric restriction and suggest that the palliative effects of this diet are at least partly due to the diet itself, rather than the weight loss that ensues.