D-solve - Solve Diabetes Using Low Carb & Low Insulin Diabetes Management

This is the study referred to in the following Medical News Today article (http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=62046) .

This PDF contains lots of useful info on intense exercise (focused on cycling) for those with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes. While it has a lot of good info I would recommend balancing it with the advice given by Dr. Bernstein with respect to exercise and diabetes specifically Chap. 14: Using Exercise to Enhance Insulin Sensitivity .

This is the updated ADA Nutrition Recommendations paper which finally supports the use of low carbohydrate diets in the management of diabetes. It is a first step in the right direction but there is still some work to do. Simply search for the term carbohydrate to see the multiple references in support of this means of diabetes management.

Current nutritional approaches to metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes generally rely on reductions in dietary fat. The success of such approaches has been limited, and therapy more generally relies on pharmacology. The argument is made that a re-evaluation of the role of carbohydrate restriction, the historical and intuitive approach to the problem, may provide an alternative and possibly superior dietary strategy. The rationale is that carbohydrate restriction improves glycemic control and reduces insulin fluctuations, which are primary targets. Experiments are summarized showing that carbohydrate-restricted diets are at least as effective for weight loss as low-fat diets and that substitution of fat for carbohydrate is generally beneficial for risk of cardiovascular disease. These beneficial effects of carbohydrate restriction do not require weight loss. Finally, the point is reiterated that carbohydrate restriction improves all of the features of metabolic syndrome.

Many negative comments have been made about the use of ketogenic diets (KDs) and experts today believe that the best way to lose weight is by cutting back on calories, chiefly in the form of fat. The international consensus is that carbohydrates are the basis of the food pyramid for a healthy diet. However, this review will clarify that low-carbohydrate diets are, from a practical and physiological point of view, a much more effective way of losing weight. It is also argued that such diets provide metabolic advantages, for example: they help to preserve muscle mass, reduce appetite, diminish metabolic efficiency, induce metabolic activation of thermogenesis and favor increased fat loss and even a greater reduction in calories. These diets are also healthier because they promote a non-atherogenic lipid profile, lower blood pressure and decrease resistance to insulin with an improvement in blood levels of glucose and insulin. Low-carbohydrate diets should therefore be used to prevent and treat type II diabetes and cardiovascular problems. Such diets also have neurological and antineoplastic benefits and diet-induced ketosis is not associated with metabolic acidosis, nor do such diets alter kidney, liver or heart functions.