If you have type 2 diabetes and use a low-carb diet app for 3 months, your top blood pressure number might drop by about 6 points — which could help your heart — even if you don’t change your exercise or bottom blood pressure number.

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mHealth low carbohydrate dietary intervention ameliorates glycaemic profile, blood pressure and weight status in people with type 2 diabetes

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2025 Apr 8

The study looked at people with type 2 diabetes using a low-carb app for 3 months and found their top blood pressure number dropped by 6 points, just like the claim says.

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mHealth low carbohydrate dietary intervention ameliorates glycaemic profile, blood pressure and weight status in people with type 2 diabetes

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DOI: 10.1038/s44324-025-00053-6

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