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Low-carbohydrate diet in type 2 diabetes: stable improvement of bodyweight and glycemic control during 44 months follow-up.
Low-carbohydrate diet in type 2 diabetes: stable improvement of bodyweight
and glycemic control during 44 months follow-up. Jorgen V Nielsen and Eva A Joensson Nutrition & Metabolism 2008, 5:14doi:10.1186/1743-7075-5-14 Published:22 May 2008 Background Low-carbohydrate diets, due to their potent antihyperglycemic effect, are an intuitively attractive approach to the management of obese patients with type 2 diabetes. We previously reported that a 20 % carbohydrate diet was significantly superior to a 55-60 % carbohydrate diet with regard to bodyweight and glycemic control in 2 groups of obese diabetes patients observed closely over 6 months (intervention group, n = 16; controls, n=15) and we reported maintenance of these gains after 22 months. The present study documents the degree to which these changes were preserved in the low-carbohydrate group after 44 months observation time, without close follow-up. In addition, we assessed the performance of the two thirds of control patients from the high-carbohydrate diet group that had changed to a low-carbohydrate diet after the initial 6 month observation period. We report cardiovascular outcome for the low-carbohydrate group as well as the control patients who did not change to a low-carbohydrate diet. Method Retrospective follow-up of previously studied subjects on a low carbohydrate diet. Results The mean bodyweight at the start of the initial study was 100.6+/-14.7 kg. At six months it was 89.2+/- 14.3 kg. From 6 to 22 months, mean bodyweight had increased by 2.7+/- 4.2 kg to an average of 92.0 +/- 14.0 kg. At 44 months average weight has increased from baseline g to 93.1+/- 14.5 kg. Of the sixteen patients, five have retained or reduced bodyweight since the 22 month point and all but one have lower weight at 44 months than at start. The initial mean HbA1c was 8.0 +/- 1.5 %. After 6, 12 and 22 months,HbA1c was 6.1+/- 1.0 %, 7.0 +/- 1.3 % and 6.9 +/- 1.1 % respectively. After 44 months mean HbA1c is 6.8 +/- 1.3 %. Of the 23 patients who have used a low-carbohydrate diet and for whom we have long-term data, two have suffered a cardiovascular event while four of the six controls who never changed diet have suffered several cardiovascular events. Conclusion Advice to obese patients with type 2 diabetes to follow a 20 % carbohydrate diet with some caloric restriction has lasting effects on bodyweight and glycemic control. |
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Low-carbohydrate diet in type 2 diabetes: stable improvement ofbodyweight and glycemic control during 44 months follow-up.
"Roger Zoul" quoted:
Low-carbohydrate diet in type 2 diabetes: stable improvement of bodyweight and glycemic control during 44 months follow-up. Jorgen V Nielsen *and Eva A Joensson Nutrition & Metabolism 2008, 5:14doi:10.1186/1743-7075-5-14 Published:22 May 2008 ... Conclusion Advice to obese patients with type 2 diabetes to follow a 20 % carbohydrate diet with some caloric restriction has lasting effects on bodyweight and glycemic control. It does not say how many calories so it does not say how many carb grams. What is 20% at 2000 calories? It's 400 carb calories aka 100 carb grams. Basically any of the test subjects who ate under 2000 calories per day ate under 100 grams of carb per day. Typical low carb maintenance levels. Very good stuff for a study to say that low carb maintenace levels are that beneficial to type 2 diabetics. |
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Low-carbohydrate diet in type 2 diabetes: stable improvement of
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Doug Freyburger says... Typical low carb maintenance levels. Very good stuff for a study to say that low carb maintenace levels are that beneficial to type 2 diabetics. Going LC saved me from going onto Type 2 meds. I didn't strictly follow Atkins or any other LC diet plan. I cut all of the white stuff (bread, rice, potatoes, pasta) from my diet. No more beer or fruit juice. My glucose levels dropped to normal levels within 3 months. It also didn't hurt that I dropped 60 lbs relatively quickly. I've been eating this way for about 9 months. I've got to go in and get blood work done next week. I used to be concerned about how the tests would come out--but now I know they will be OK. The American Diabetes Association still has carbs as a recommended food source on their website--so they probably will igonore the report. 8^( Mark |
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