TUES., MAY 13, 2014: JUST-RELEASED NATURAL HEALTH STUDY LOW-CARB DIET REDUCES INFLAMMATION IN DIABETES PATIENTS: New research has found that a low-carbohydrate diet, but not a low-fat diet, reduces inflammation in patients with type 2 diabetes. (Patients with type 2 diabetes have higher levels of inflammation, and it is believed this may contribute to their higher risk of cardiovascular disease and other complications. It has been proposed that dietary strategies can modulate inflammatory activity.) In a two-year clinical trial, a low-carbohydrate diet was compared with a traditional low-fat diet in 61 patients with type 2 diabetes. Only patients in the low-carbohydrate group exhibited reduced levels of inflammatory markers in blood, despite the fact that weight loss was similar in both groups, around nine pounds. Glucose levels decreased more in the low-carbohydrate patients; they had lowered their carb intake an average of 25 percent. After six months, inflammation was significantly reduced in the low-carbohydrate group while no changes were observed in the low-fat diet group. This study was published in the May 2014 issue of the Annals of Medicine. The full study can be read online at tinyurl/mtdvkuh free of charge.
Posted on: Tue, 13 May 2014 17:21:30 +0000
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