Low-carb diet recommended for diabetics

[Northerner]

Low carbohydrate diets should be the first point of attack in managing Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes, a new study suggests. The study suggests the need for a reappraisal of dietary guidelines due to the inability of current recommendations to control the epidemic of diabetes. The authors point to the specific failure of the prevailing low-fat diets to improve obesity, cardiovascular risk or general health, and to the persistent reports of serious side effects of commonly prescribed diabetes medications.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/07/140724132354.htm

 

[Andy HB]

This is all very well, but there is the danger that they simply go from one 'extreme' to another. Low carb may be helpful in some (or many) cases, but it isn't necessary for all.

My modified diet cannot, by any stretch of the imagination, be called low carb. However, it is less carb than pre-diagnosis and is most decidedly less fat.

It worked very well for me in conjunction with increased exercise.

Andy 🙂