Recommended diet for diabetes could lead to heart disease

[Northerner]

Advising diabetics to stick to a high fat, low carb diet may leave them susceptible to inflammation and heart disease.

That is according to researchers from Warwick Medical School, who say the current thinking around these diets may be misguided.

As it stands, high fat low carb diets are advised to encourage weight loss in Type 2 diabetes sufferers. For diabetics, the diet focus centres on sugar content, as they are unable to regulate their insulin and blood sugar levels, and so require medication to do so.

But the researchers found that high fat intake provokes inflammation due to the rise in the amount of blood endotoxins, which are bacterial fragments.

http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing...043271.article?blocktitle=News&contentID=4385

 

[trophywench]

Who actually suggested 'high fat' though? - far as I know, cut the carbs and a NORMAL amount of fat !

All food = calories, diabetic or not!

 

[imtrying]

I'd never heard of anyone being told to follow a 'high fat' diet!! surely not?? (not that I'm T2, so may just be being ignorant...please correct me if I'm wrong! just seems very strange!)

 

[cherrypie]

There are plenty of diabetics of all types that follow a low carb high fat diet, similar to Atkins. The internet is full of gurus who recommend these diets for diabetics.

I think this is the article that started this being reported. The message seems to be that it is risky for anyone genetically at risk for heart disease or people who have had a heart attack.

http://www.uab.edu/news/latest/item...ple-at-risk-of-heart-attack#startOfPageId2182

 

[comsat-ed]

Hi all

First post here but have been an occasional lurker.

I believe this article is now unavailable to non-subscribers of Nursing Times but I did see the original article a few days ago.

It was a study based around 1 single meal that participants had, and the number of participants was relatively low -lower than 100 I remember.

The researchers noted that a larger study would be needed before relaible conclusions could be drawn.

Ed

 

[comsat-ed]

The meal they were given was pretty extreme

"All research subjects (n = 54) with and without type 2 diabetes were given a high fat meal (standardized meal: 75 g fat, 5 g carbohydrate, 6 g protein) after an overnight fast of 12?14 h, as previously described."

Note this was also a very high calorie meal -75g of fat would have a similar amount of calories as 150g of carbohydrate. 75g of fat is present in 200g of cheese -so a lot.

http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/newsandev...paper_diabetes_care_alison_harte_mar_2012.pdf

 

[trophywench]

44 people in total (24 were non-diabetic) the rest were IGT or T2,. 42 were South Asians. I was Afro-Caribbean. Some were obese; some weren't.

As a North European caucasian T1, with no IR who eats a normal varied diet including approx 100/130g CHO daily plus whatever fat, fibre and protein etc etc fits in round it - perhaps I shouldn't worry too much !

One of the researchers is a diabetes consultant of long standing at UHCW and another is the Dr in charge of the diabetes research lab at that hospital. I recognise another name - he (I think) is a DSN although there is a D Consultant of a similar name at Geo Eliot Hosp (Nuneaton) but I think the nurse because only PhD shown.

What the heck was the meal I wonder? - 75g fat = half a pound of cheddar !

Here's a glass of olive oil - please drink all of it, with this carrot stick and this sardine ......