Low carb in type 1 diabetes
improves glucose level variability, new study shows
Thu, 11
Apr 2019
Jack
Woodfield
Going
low carb led to improved blood glucose control for people with type 1 diabetes,
a new study has revealed.
Danish
researchers report that restricting carb intake to just 100 grams a day,
compared to eating 250g, resulted in benefits including reduced hypoglycemia,
more stable blood glucose variability and better weight control.
The
12-week trial, which focused on how a low carb diet could help those with type
1 diabetes, involved 10 people who completed the entire study.
The
participants were all fitted with sensor-augmented insulin pumps and given
individual meal plans. Each participant's carbohydrate intake was entered into
the pump throughout the research period.
Those
who ate 100g carbs per day spent less time with blood glucose below 3.9 mmol/L,
compared with those who ate 250g per day. The low carb group also lose more
weight.
No
events of severe hypoglycemia were reported in the trial. And no cardiovascular
risk factors were significantly affected.
The
findings, published in the journal Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, further
support the growing evidence base that limiting carb intake can benefit people
with diabetes. This is because avoiding starchy carbohydrates such as pasta and
potatoes helps to reduce larger blood glucose spikes and crashes that can often
occur with higher carb diets.
Last
year, a very low carbohydrate lifestyle along the lines of the method advised
by prominent physician Dr Richard Bernstein led to "exceptional
control" in young people with type 1 diabetes.
Additionally,
the world's largest low carb study in type 1 diabetes began last year to
explore the benefits of eating low carb on the management of type 1 diabetes.
Later
this year DDM will be launching the Type 1 Program, a structured education
course that explains the principles to help people with type 1 diabetes achieve
better blood glucose control.
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低碳水化合物飲食對二型糖尿病的好處早已有研究顯示，但最新研究報告，低碳水化合物飲食也可改善一型患者的血糖控制。
研究人員用了12星期追蹤了10名一型糖尿病患者，他們每天進食100g碳水化合物，發現低血糖症狀及體重都減少了，而且血糖控制比起原本每天吃250g碳水化合物的穩定。
最近我自己也因為減磅而在進行低碳飲食，我也發現血糖比之前更穩定，尤其是空腹血糖！
不過，我必須提醒大家，你若要實行低碳飲食，請先向你的醫生商議，因為可能需要減藥，之後再向你的營養師查詢如何實行，不要胡亂實行！
Kammie
Yu
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