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If adults with type 2 diabetes use a low-carb diet app for 3 months, they end up eating fewer calories without trying, mostly because they eat less carbs — and they naturally replace those carbs with more protein and fat.
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mHealth low carbohydrate dietary intervention ameliorates glycaemic profile, blood pressure and weight status in people with type 2 diabetes
Cross-Sectional Study
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2025 Apr 8The study looked at the same app and found people ate fewer carbs, but it didn’t measure whether they ate fewer calories overall, so we can’t say if the claim about calorie reduction is true based on this study.
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