If you have type 2 diabetes and a fatty liver, eating more protein—especially from meat, eggs, or dairy—can shrink the fat in your liver by almost half in just six weeks, even if you don’t lose any weight. Plant proteins like beans or tofu don’t work as well.

If you're overweight and have type 2 diabetes, cutting back on carbs and eating more protein for 6 weeks can clear more fat from your liver than just eating a normal diabetes diet—even if you lose the same amount of weight. It’s like your liver gets a special boost from fewer carbs.

If you're overweight or obese and eat the same number of calories, boosting protein or saturated fat from dairy for a month doesn't seem to hurt your blood sugar control or cholesterol levels.

If you're overweight and have type 2 diabetes, cutting carbs and eating more protein for 6 weeks can lower your blood fats (triglycerides) 18% more than the usual diabetes diet—even if you lose the same amount of weight—meaning your body handles fats better.

When people who lost weight eat more protein, their bodies use more of that protein for energy and repair, rather than storing it.

Eating more protein after losing weight makes your body burn more fat for fuel instead of carbs, which shows up as a lower respiratory quotient.