Carbohydrate-restricted eating is slowly gaining mainstream acceptance as treatment for type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome. I thought it would be useful to present one of the watershed reports that summarize the potential benefits. The article is from 2008. Among the co-authors are some of the brightest names in this field: Richard K. Bernstein, Annika Dahlqvist, Richard [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Carbohydrate’
June 18, 2010
Sugar-Sweetened Beverages: Bane of Mankind?
Over the last 30 years in the U.S., consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) has increased from3.9% of total calories to 9.2% (in 2001). In that same time span, the percentage of overweight American adults increased from 47% to 66%. The obesity percentage rose from15 to 33% of adults. [Did the beverages cause the weight gain, or [...]
May 27, 2010
Book Review: Diabetes Solution – The Complete Guide to Achieving Normal Blood Sugars
Here’s my review of Dr. Bernstein’s Diabetes Solution: The Complete Guide to Achieving Normal Blood Sugars, published in 2007. Per Amazon.com’s rating scale, I give it five stars (I love it). ♦ ♦ ♦ Dr. Richard K. Bernstein gives away thousands of dollars’ worth of medical advice in this masterpiece, Diabetes Solution. It’s a summation [...]
May 19, 2010
Has Low-Carb Eating Been Good for YOU?
Low-carb or carbohydrate-restricted eating has been very beneficial to many people with type 2 diabetes, judging by what I hear from my patients and read on the Internet. By “beneficial,” I mean has this eating style helped you to control your glucose levels, lower your hemoglobin A1c, ameliorated complications, helped you lose weight, energized you, [...]
May 17, 2010
Low-Carb Mediterranean Diet Improves Glucose Control and Heart Risk Factors in Overweight Diabetics
In overweight type 2 diabetics, a low-carbohydrate Mediterranean diet improved HDL cholesterol levels and glucose control better than either the standard Mediterranean diet or American Diabetes Association diet, according to Israeli researchers reporting earlier this year. Background Prior studies suggest that diets rich in monounsaturated fatty acids (olive oil, for example) elevate HDL cholesterol and reduce [...]
April 28, 2010
Individual Response to Weight-Loss Diet May Depend on Genes
Dieters with particular genetic make-up respond better or worse to specific types of weight-loss diets, suggest researchers who presented data at the 2010 Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention /Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Metabolism conference. Findings are preliminary, but may explain the common phenomenon of two people going on the same diet, but only one achieving good results. I’ll bet you [...]
April 24, 2010
Whole Grains Reduce Heart Attacks and Strokes
Whole grain consumption is associated with a 21% reduction in cardiovascular disease when compared to minimal whole grain intake, according to a 2008 review article in Nutrition, Metabolism, and Cardiovascular Disease. Coronary heart disease is the No. 1 killer in the developed world. Stroke is No. 3. The term “cardiovascular disease” lumps together heart attacks, strokes, high blood pressure, and generalized [...]
March 7, 2010
Book Review: The New Atkins for a New You
Here’s my review of The New Atkins for a New You, a weight-loss book by Dr. Eric Westman, Dr. Stephen Phinney, and Dr. Jeff Volek released a week ago. The copyright holder is Atkins Nutritionals, Inc. Under Amazon.com’s five-star rating system, I give it four stars (“I like it”). ♦ ♦ ♦ The most exciting nutritional medicine [...]
January 18, 2010
Grains and Legumes: Any Effect on Heart Disease and Stroke?
Several scientific studies published in the first five years of this century suggest that whole grain consumption protects agains coronary heart disease and possibly other types of cardiovascular disease, such as stroke. Note that researchers in this field, especially outside the U.S., use the term “cereal” to mean “a grass such as wheat, oats, or corn, the [...]
