STUDY: Low Carb Diet Improves Glucose Control in Diabetics

"Jennifer" wrote in message
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Jenny,

I'm going mad - it wasn't Annette, but Robert Miles who posted the link,
over on mhd - http://www.healthscout.com/news/322/521085/main.html

"Overall, the women with diabetes had a threefold higher risk of getting
heart failure than did the women without diabetes, Bibbins-Domingo said."

They quote good control here as an fbg between 80-150 mg/dl - they don't
quote a1c figures - and I find that scary because mine hovers around the
104 mark. With my bg meter dictating a diet that runs to 50-60g carbs a
day, I don't like the implications of a low carb diet being associated
with an increased risk of heart disease, as your correspondent implies.

But Nicky...

That's a GIANT range of fasting BGs. What you get by corraling people
with 80-150 in the same group is many people in great control... and many
in terrible.

They may call 150 fasting "good"... but it ain't.

If they had broken out the results of their study into smaller increments
(80-100) (101-120) (121- 140) (141 +) I think you'd see the folks who
keep their BGs "normal" have a different outcome.

In addition, FBG may not be the best indication of glycemic control and
future complications.

Here's a study that corolates post prandial readings and mortality from
heart disease... maybe this will make you feel better:

Post-Meal Glucose Levels Better Predictors of Premature Mortality
than Fasting Glucose or HbA1c

Thanks, Jenny, it does - not only from the risk of mortality POV, but also
because I can add it to my folder of things to hit my GP with next time he
refuses me test strips : )

Nicky.

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