Low carb diets help diabetes and multiple sclerosis in new studies

July 18, 2014

Low carb diets have been shown to trump low fat plans for weight loss. Now new research is pointing to the benefits of low carb diets for several diseases. Most recently, a group of scientists and physicians have discovered that low carb diets represent the best initial intervention for diabetes, reported Science Direct on July 16.

The experts involved in the new report cite evidence that low carb diets lower high blood glucose and allow patients to reduce or, in some cases, eliminate their medication. And while low carb diets are effective for diabetes regardless of whether patients lose weight, the researchers also concluded that “nothing is better for weight reduction.”

Side effects can pose problems with medication. However, the researchers also discovered that no such side effects result from low carbohydrate diets. They cited 12 points indicating that low carb diets are the most effective therapy for diabetes, beginning with hyperglycemia.

Noting that dietary carbohydrate restriction has the greatest effect on decreasing blood glucose levels, the researchers also pointed to the ongoing epidemics of obesity and type 2 diabetes. The calorie increases in the typical American diet occurring during these epidemics are primarily due to increased carbohydrates.

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