Diet & Nutrition
Low-carbohydrate/high-fat diet improves glucoregulation in diabetes
Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, February 21st, 2005
"The aim of this study was to examine the mechanisms by which dietary carbohydrate and fat modulate fasting glycemia. We compared the effects of an eucaloric high-carbohydrate (89% carbohydrate) and high-fat (89% fat) diet on fasting glucose metabolism and insulin sensitivity in seven obese patients with type 2 diabetes using stable isotopes and euglycemic hyperinsulinemic clamps," scientists in the Netherlands report.
"At basal insulin levels glucose concentrations were 148±11 and 123±11 mg/dL (8.2±0.6...
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