2009-07-25 Diet and diabetes: how does a low fat diet compare with a low carbohydrate diet

The authors point out that historically, studies of low carbohydrate diets have been shown to work as well as other diets for non-diabetic individuals for losing weight. Additionally, short term low carbohydrate diets for people with type 2 diabetes has been shown to reduce postprandial hyperglycemia and improve insulin sensitivity. Glycemic control was improved in both short term and long term studies. However, a caveat to all of this work is that the studies were all generally done on small populations with little in the way of control groups and often for short observational periods. The goal of this study was to perform a larger randomized clinical trial over the course of a full year to better compare the results of a low carbohydrate diet to a low fat diet.

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A Journal of the ADA As long as you are going to deny yourself you might as well go for your best shot at weight loss. While you are at it, reducing blood glucose levels would be a good thing to optimize as well. Carbohydrates are big sources of - Breaking news top news current news headline news top news stories todays news todays news news online