Diabetes Low Carb Diet

Diabetes Low Carb Diet May Help Treat Type 2 Diabetes If you have this type of diabetes, a low carb diet may be an available option for lowering blood sugars to the proper level. This is according to an article published in the Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal about the use of a low carb diet to treat type 2 diabetes as well as metabolic syndrome.

Apparently, weight loss resulting from the diet is unrelated to the medical benefits patients receive from it. This indicates that elevated insulin levels may be the cause of these disorders.

The full study can be found at:

Carbohydrate restriction as the default treatment for type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome. Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal. 2008 Apr 1:1-8

The study reviewed evidence that low carb diets effectively produced the health-enhancing effects described, even when weight loss was ruled out as a confounding factor. This means that a low carb weight loss diet would tend to improve glycemic control and cardiovascular risk factors regardless of whether the dieter actually lost any weight on the diet.

Considering this, you should speak with your doctors regarding the possibility of an Atkins-type low carb diet would be appropriate for you. And as always, speak to your physician before starting any diet.