Compared with a low-fat diet, a low-carbohydrate, Mediterranean-style diet led to more favorable changes in glycemic control and coronary risk factors and delayed the need for antihyperglycemic drug therapy in overweight patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes.
http://www.annals.org/content/151/5/306.abstract
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2 comments:
lots of limitations noted in the conclusion but encouraging results none the less.
"The MED diet was rich in vegetables and whole grains and low in red meat, which was replaced with poultry and fish. We restricted energy intake to 1500kcal/d for women and 1800 kcal/d for men, with the goal of no more than 50% of calories from complex carbohydrates, based on evidence
that, in the context of a MED diet, a carbohydrate content less than 50% of daily energy is more beneficial than higher content for weight loss and cardiovascular risk reduction.The diet had no less than 30% calories from fat. The main source of added fat was 30 to 50 g of olive oil."
The people on the med diet definitely ate fewer carbs than those in the low fat group. They ate an average of 189g in year one and 209g in year 4, Those in the low fat group ate 235g in year 1 and 245g in year 4. Calorie intakes were similar.(see appendices)
Just goes to show that the definition of low carb diet is rather wide.
TOPF
Low carb is so much better for not only diabetics but everyone.
Might be a bit off subject but I hate it when I see 'low fat' on labels because to me it just reads more sugar.
Anyway what is wrong with fat - butter, avocado, nuts, cream, bacon with crispy fat yum yum
Sarah
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