Diet and Nutrition

High-protein, low-carbohydrate diet reduces blood glucose in diabetes

Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, November 8th, 2004

High-protein, low-carbohydrate diet reduced blood glucose control in people with type 2 diabetes.

According to recent research published in the journal Diabetes, "There has been interest in the effect of various types and amounts of dietary carbohydrates and proteins on blood glucose. On the basis of our previous data, we designed a high-protein/low-carbohydrate, weight-maintaining, nonketogenic diet. Its effect on glucose control in people with untreated type 2 diabetes was determined. We refer to this as a low-biologically-available-glucose (LoBAG) diet."

"Eight men were studied using a randomized 5-week crossover design with a 5-week...

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Source: Obesity and Diabetes Week (2004-11-08)

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