Health Claims

Eating only meat might help calm gut inflammation in some people because the chemicals your body makes when digesting fat—called ketones—could change how your immune cells behave and turn certain genes on or off.

Eating only animal foods—like meat, eggs, and dairy—might help people with IBD or IBS feel better because it cuts out plant carbs and fibers that could irritate the gut.

There's a new math formula that fixes HbA1c blood sugar readings for people with type 2 diabetes when their red blood cells don't live as long as usual — this could give a more accurate picture of their blood sugar control.

If you have type 2 diabetes, having higher blood sugar over time might mean your red blood cells don’t live as long.

People with type 2 diabetes may have red blood cells that don't live as long as those in healthy people—about 95 days compared to 100 days—suggesting their bodies replace blood cells faster.

If you have type 2 diabetes and your red blood cells don’t live as long, your actual blood sugar might be higher than what your A1c test shows — meaning the A1c test could be misleading for some people.

If you have type 2 diabetes and your red blood cells don’t live as long—less than 75 days—your A1c test might not give a true picture of your blood sugar control, because the test could show lower numbers than reality.

Everyone's body reacts differently to the carnivore diet when dealing with autoimmune diseases—some feel better, others feel worse, so it's important to have a doctor help guide the process to stay safe and healthy.

Eating only meat long-term might hurt your heart, mess with your metabolism, and weaken your gut and immune system because it lacks fiber and key nutrients found in plants.

Eating only animal products might help calm inflammation in autoimmune diseases by cutting out certain plant foods that could be setting off the immune system — but we don't have solid proof yet.

Some people with autoimmune diseases say they feel better when they eat only animal foods and cut out all plants—this might help because it reduces things in food that could trigger symptoms or cause inflammation, but it doesn’t work for everyone.

In people with a blood disorder who need regular transfusions, the common blood sugar test (HbA1c) often says they have high blood sugar, but their fasting blood sugar test says it's normal — so the two tests don’t match up well.

Older people with a blood condition called thalassemia who need regular blood transfusions tend to have higher HbA1c levels — a number often linked to blood sugar — even if their actual blood sugar isn't high.

In people with a blood disorder called thalassemia who need regular blood transfusions, their long-term blood sugar marker (HbA1c) goes up when their daily fasting sugar goes up — so even though their HbA1c is usually high, it still gives some clue about their blood sugar changes.

People with a serious blood disorder called thalassemia who need regular blood transfusions have about the same fasting blood sugar as healthy people, even though their long-term blood sugar marker (HbA1c) is high.

People with a blood disorder called thalassemia who need regular blood transfusions often show high blood sugar on HbA1c tests, but their actual blood sugar is normal—so the test might be giving false alarms in these patients.

For Japanese adults with type 1 diabetes, tracking blood sugar data between just two lab tests is usually enough to predict average blood sugar levels well, but you need data from five test intervals to accurately figure out how long their red blood cells live and how their bodies use glucose.

In Japanese adults with type 1 diabetes, red blood cells live for about 74 days on average—ranging from 56 to 120 days—when measured using a special model that tracks blood sugar changes over time.

A new blood sugar tracking method works better than two older ones for Japanese adults with type 1 diabetes — it matches lab results much more closely.

A new way to estimate blood sugar levels (called cHbA1c) is more accurate than two older methods (eHbA1c and GMI) in Japanese adults with type 1 diabetes who use insulin pumps and glucose sensors — the older methods tend to underestimate blood sugar levels by a noticeable amount.

For Japanese adults with type 1 diabetes, a new blood sugar tracking method called cHbA1c is way more accurate than the usual ones — it's really close to the lab test results most of the time.

For Japanese adults with type 1 diabetes on a smart insulin pump, a new personalized blood sugar tracking method is way more accurate at guessing their lab HbA1c than the usual methods.

If you have type 2 diabetes, higher blood sugar might make your red blood cells die faster, which could mess up the accuracy of your A1c test — a common way doctors check long-term blood sugar control.

If you have type 2 diabetes and your red blood cells don’t live as long as they should—less than 90 days—you might be at higher risk for heart problems and nerve damage, possibly because doctors don’t get the full picture of your blood sugar levels over time.