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Extremely Low-Carb " Ketogenic Diet " Leads to Dramatic Reductions in Type 2 BG

Levels, Medications

Jan 14, 2009

Two diets - one severely restricting carbohydrate intake but with no limit on

calories, and the other emphasizing low-glycemic carbohydrates and low calories

- allowed high percentages of obese type 2 patients in a university study to

reduce or even eliminate their diabetes medications (95.2 percent of the

patients on the extreme low-carb diet and 62.1 percent of the patients on the

low-glycemic diet).

Researchers at Duke University Medical Center assigned 84 patients to one of two

diets over a 24-week period. The first, called a " ketogenic diet, " restricted

carbohydrate intake to 20 or fewer grams per day, a radical amount compared to

the ADA's recommended daily minimum of 130 grams and even to low-carb advocate

Dr. K. Bernstein's 30-grams-per-day recommendation.

In a ketogenic diet, the body is forced to use fat to provide energy, a process

that produces a metabolic product called ketones.

The other diet stressed the consumption of low-glycemic foods, which are

absorbed slowly by the body and do not cause spikes in blood sugar levels. The

diet also severely restricted daily caloric intake to 500 calories. That

drastically low number came about because the study was designed to test intense

approaches to treating obese people with diabetes whose previous forms of diet

and management had not worked.

Although both diets produced substantial improvements in patients, the ketogenic

diet was clearly more effective. While Duke researchers did not always spell out

the actual measurements produced by each diet, they said that the ketogenic

group enjoyed lowered A1cs, greater weight loss, and a larger increase in " good "

cholesterol compared to the low-glycemic group.

The medical center quoted Dr. C. Westman, who led the study, as saying,

" It's simple. If you cut out the carbohydrates, your blood sugar goes down and

you lose weight, which lowers your blood sugar even further. It's a one-two

punch. " In fact, reports Reuters, the Duke researchers concluded that " lifestyle

modification using low carbohydrate interventions is effective for improving and

reversing type 2 diabetes. "

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> > > > > Also, I don't understand why you are now against ketosis when earlier

> > > > > on you were touting it's benefits for altzheimers.

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> > > > More comprehension issues? Nowhere in the above did Duncan say he was

> > > > 'against ketosis'.

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> > > > sheesh

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