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Hi-carb, low-carb?

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Inspiring new study that proves you CAN conquer Type 2 diabetes – even if you’ve had it for 15 years! As one patient found, swapping bread and pasta for a low-carb diet helped her lose more than six kilos…

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Looking to the new year, we also look to changes in our lifestyles – which includes changes to our diet…

The NHS pushes a carbohydrate rich diet, yet to reverse diabetes current thinking is that you need a low carb diet. Research out this week has shown that low carb will cause a remission in some people who have had diabetes for 15 years when previously they thought it would only work for the newly diagnosed. It also helps heart health: What predicts drug-free type 2 diabetes remission? Insights from an 8-year general practice service evaluation of a lower carbohydrate diet with weight loss | BMJ Nutrition, Prevention & Health and Efficacy and safety of low and very low carbohydrate diets for type 2 diabetes remission: systematic review and meta-analysis of published and unpublished randomized trial data | The BMJ

Hi-carb was necessary when we were active in our daily lives but shortens our lifespan when we are sedentary – as reported in the Mail earlier this week:

Type 2 diabetes is on the rise, largely due to poor diet and obesity. It is estimated that more than 4.8 million people in the UK have it — that’s one in 14 of us

Inspiring new study that proves you CAN conquer Type 2 diabetes – even if you’ve had it for 15 years! As one patient found, swapping bread and pasta for a low-carb diet helped her lose more than six kilos…

Professor Taylor has previously shown that losing significant amounts of weight — on soup and shake regimens of 800 calories a day — can trigger changes that strip fat from the liver and pancreas and restore blood sugar control. The principle behind low carb is that eating fewer carbs — less than 130g a day — can help blood sugar levels stabilise, so the body needs to produce less insulin and, in search of energy, the body is instead encouraged to burn fat.

Low carb doesn’t mean just cutting out the obvious sweet foods such as biscuits; it also rules out starchy foods including bread, potatoes, rice and root veg. This is because all such foods are broken down into sugar and can raise blood sugar levels significantly. Meanwhile, the foods recommended on a low-carb regimen, such as protein-rich meat and eggs, abundant quantities of green vegetables and full-fat dairy, can help you feel satiated.

Inspiring new study that proves you CAN conquer Type 2 diabetes | Daily Mail Online

There is indeed a lot of data out there: The effects of low-carbohydrate diets on cardiovascular risk factors: A meta-analysis – PMC