Low-carb diet leads to decreased medication among type 2 diabetes patients, research finds.
New research finds that a low-carbohydrate diet can decrease diabetes medication levels by 40 per cent, outperforming a high-carb, low-fat diet of the same calories.
Researchers from Adelaide, Australia and Durham, North Carolina were involved in this study, in which a low-carb diet, low in saturated fat but high in unsaturated fat, was compared to a high-carb, low-fat diet. The latterdiet is advocated by the NHS for diabetes management. Both diets had an equal energy intake of 1,433 kcal per day.
Low-carb dieters experienced a reduction of 0.5 arbitrary units compared to a smaller reduction of 0.2 units in the high-carb, low-fat group. By reducing medication levels, type 2 diabetes is less likely to develop as quickly.
Professor Grant Brinkworth, School of Health Sciences, University of South Australia, said: "The most amazing benefit of the low carbohydrate diet was the reduction in the patient's medication levels, which was more than double the amount than the volunteers following the lifestyle program with the high-carbohydrate diet plan.
"This research shows that traditional dietary approaches for managing type 2 diabetes could be outdated, we really need to review the current dietary guidelines if we are serious about using the latest scientific evidence to reduce the impact of the disease."
The findings were published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
New research finds that a low-carbohydrate diet can decrease diabetes medication levels by 40 per cent, outperforming a high-carb, low-fat diet of the same calories.
Researchers from Adelaide, Australia and Durham, North Carolina were involved in this study, in which a low-carb diet, low in saturated fat but high in unsaturated fat, was compared to a high-carb, low-fat diet. The latterdiet is advocated by the NHS for diabetes management. Both diets had an equal energy intake of 1,433 kcal per day.
Low-carb dieters experienced a reduction of 0.5 arbitrary units compared to a smaller reduction of 0.2 units in the high-carb, low-fat group. By reducing medication levels, type 2 diabetes is less likely to develop as quickly.
Professor Grant Brinkworth, School of Health Sciences, University of South Australia, said: "The most amazing benefit of the low carbohydrate diet was the reduction in the patient's medication levels, which was more than double the amount than the volunteers following the lifestyle program with the high-carbohydrate diet plan.
"This research shows that traditional dietary approaches for managing type 2 diabetes could be outdated, we really need to review the current dietary guidelines if we are serious about using the latest scientific evidence to reduce the impact of the disease."
The findings were published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
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