Patients accomplished better weight loss and glucose control over a 6-month intervention with a low-carbohydrate, high-fat, calorie unlimited diet plan compared to a high-carb, low-fat diet. Researchers from the University of Southern Denmark in Odense, Denmark, randomly designated 165 individuals with type 2 diabetes to either a low carb high fat (LCHF) diet plan or a high carbohydrate low fat (HCLF) diet plan for 6 months. The authors found that individuals on the low-carb diet plan reduced hemoglobin A1c by 0.59 percent more than the low-fat diet, and also lost 3.8 kg (8.4 pounds) more weight compared to those in the low-fat group.
Simply in the United States, more than 37 million individuals have diabetes, according to the American Diabetes Association. Previous studies recommend that weight loss improves both diabetes control and NAFLD and constraint of carbohydrate intake enhances the control of blood sugar levels.
Researchers from the University of Southern Denmark in Odense, Denmark, randomly designated 165 individuals with type 2 diabetes to either a low carb high fat (LCHF) diet plan or a high carb low fat (HCLF) diet for 6 months. Individuals on the low-fat diet plan were asked to consume about half of their calories in carbohydrates and the rest equally split between proteins and fats.
The authors found that individuals on the low-carb diet lowered hemoglobin A1c by 0.59 percent more than the low-fat diet plan, and also lost 3.8 kg (8.4 pounds) more weight compared to those in the low-fat group. The low-carb dieters also lost more body fat and reduced their waist circumference. Both groups had higher high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and lower triglycerides at 6 months.
However, modifications were not continual 3 months after the intervention, recommending that dietary modifications need to be sustained over the long term to keep impacts. The liver was not affected by the high fat consumption in the low-carb group: The researchers discovered no distinction in the quantity of liver fat or swelling in between the 2 groups.
Reference: “Effect of Calorie-Unrestricted Low-Carbohydrate, High-Fat Diet Versus High-Carbohydrate, Low-Fat Diet on Type 2 Diabetes and Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: A Randomized Controlled Trial” by Camilla Dalby Hansen, MD, Eva-Marie Gram-Kampmann, MD, Johanne Kragh Hansen, MD, Mie Balle Hugger, MD, Bjørn Stæhr Madsen, MD, PhD, Jane Møller Jensen, RD, Sara Olesen, MD, Nikolaj Torp, MD, Ditlev Nytoft Rasmussen, MD, PhD, Maria Kjærgaard, MD, Stine Johansen, MBBS, Katrine Prier Lindvig, MD, Peter Andersen, MSc, Katrine Holtz Thorhauge, MD, Jan Christian Brønd, cand.scient, PhD, Pernille Hermann, MD, PhD, Henning Beck-Nielsen, MD, DMSc, Sönke Detlefsen, MD, PhD, Torben Hansen, MD, PhD, Kurt Højlund, MD, DMSc, Maja Sofie Thiele, MD, PhD, Mads Israelsen, MD, PhD and Aleksander Krag, MD, PhD, 13 December 2022, Annals of Internal Medicine.DOI: 10.7326/ M22-1787.
Low-carb diet plan might assist patients with diabetes achieve much better weight loss and glucose control compared to a low-fat diet plan.
Patients achieved much better weight loss and glucose control over a 6-month intervention with a low-carbohydrate, high-fat, calorie unrestricted diet plan compared to a high-carb, low-fat diet. This is according to a randomized controlled trial of more than 100 people with type 2 diabetes.