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Thread: Low-carb diets prove better at controlling type 2 diabetes

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01-07-2009, 12:43 PM

ShottleBop ShottleBop is offline

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The problem for the study in claiming that it is the ketogenic diet that causes the improvement in HBa1c is that weight loss is strongly correlated with improvement of symptoms for type 2. The differences in HbA1c reported by the study could be solely due to the differences in weight loss reported by the 2 groups.

That would not be in accord with the experience of many low-carbers. As always, YMMV, but I have been eating to keep my blood glucose under control--not to lose weight.

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Dx prediabetic 02/08 (FBG 127 and 123)
A1c 02/08: 6.5; A1c 05/08: 6.0
A1c 11/08: 5.5; A1c 03/09: 5.3
A1c 09/09: 5.4
No meds