Re: Carrot cake study on sugar in type 2 diabetes adds to new thinking on sugar in the diabetes diet

[Guest guest]

The viewpoint on being able to add a little simple carbohydrate to a diet

has been around for a few years and I agree with it. Problem is, to me,

that many patients

with low education levels, like we have here, would have a very difficult

time understanding this concept. So, I don't educate on this unless someone

is fairly well educated and motivated.

On a lighter note, I was thinking the other day about counting carrot cake

as my vegetable serving. : )

(Joke Joke) but it does give some vegetabnle.

Carrot cake study on sugar in type 2 diabetes adds to new

thinking on sugar in the diabetes diet

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> Carrot cake study on sugar in type 2 diabetes

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> New study adds to new thinking on sugar in the diabetes diet

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> Patients with type 2 diabetes are often advised to cut out sucrose

> (table sugar) all together. However, in recent years this traditional

> advice has been questioned by some researchers who suggest that moderate

> amounts of sugar can be safely consumed as part of the diet of patients

> with diabetes. Now a new study has been published that is consistent

> with this revised approach. It showed that patients who increased their

> daily sugar intake (in the form of carrot cake) but maintained a stable

> body weight, showed no adverse changes in their blood glucose.

>

> The study was conducted by the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics at

> London’s Hammersmith Hospital. Three slices of carrot cake were added to

> the daily diets of nine, overweight type 2 diabetes patients over 24

> days (bringing their daily total to 88g or 18 teaspoons of sugar).

> Consumption of the carrot cake slices was evenly distributed across the

> day. Several measurements were recorded at the beginning and end of the

> study, including the patients’ weight, blood sugar (glucose) levels,

> cholesterol levels, and insulin sensitivity (which is a measure of how

> well the body responds to the hormone insulin).

>

> Professor Frost, who led the study, explained ‘In this study, the

> energy intake of these patients was balanced to their body weight, and

> their sucrose intake was spread evenly over a day. Correspondingly, they

> did not gain weight or show an increase in blood glucose levels at the

> end of the study; in addition, their cholesterol levels and insulin

> sensitivity did not change.’ He added ‘the results of this small,

> short-term study support other scientific studies, which suggest that

> there could be more flexibility with sucrose in the diets of patients

> with type 2 diabetes. There is evidence from other studies (reviewed by

> Kirk et al 2000) that inclusion of sucrose may help people to lower

> their fat intake, which in turn may be beneficial to overall health’.

>

> Professor Frost continued ‘This research is in line with the dietary

> guidelines set by the American Diabetes Association (2007), which state

> that sucrose does not cause a greater increase in blood glucose levels

> than an equivalent amount of starch. Therefore sucrose or

> sucrose-containing foods should be treated similarly to other

> carbohydrate containing foods by people with diabetes; either

> substituted for other carbohydrates in the total daily intake, or

> managed with appropriate diabetes medication.

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