http://www.heartcenteronline.com/myheartdr/home/research-detail.cfm?reutersid=4716

Low-carb diet improves sugar control in diabetics      

Sep 24 (Reuters Health) - Following a high-protein, low- carbohydrate
diet for five weeks led to a marked reduction in blood sugar levels in
patients with untreated type 2 diabetes, according to the results of a
small study published in the September issue of Diabetes.

This could potentially be a way for diabetes type 2 patients to
control their blood sugar, or "glucose," without drugs, co-authors Dr.
Mary C. Gannon and Dr. Frank Q. Nuttall, from the University of
Minnesota in Minneapolis, note. However, further studies are needed to
evaluate the long-term effects of such a diet, they add.

The findings stem from a study of eight men with type 2 diabetes. For
five weeks, the subjects consumed a diet with a carbohydrate to
protein to fat ratio of either 20:30:50 (test diet) or 55:15:30
(comparison diet). After a five-week break, the subjects then switched
to the other diet for five weeks.

At follow-up, the average 24-hour glucose level and hemoglobin A1c
(HbA1c) percentages were lower after the test diet than after the
control diet. HbA1c levels, a marker for long-term increases in blood
sugar, were still falling at the end of the test-diet phase.

Another change associated with the test diet included decreased
insulin levels. However, no changes in cholesterol levels were
observed.

Overall, the study findings suggest that this high- protein,
low-carbohydrate diet can "dramatically reduce" 24-hour glucose
concentrations people with type 2 diabetes, the investigators
conclude.

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This is gonna cost the insulin pushers a lot of $$$$$.

TC