Less Carbs, Better Blood Sugar — But Not for Your Pancreas
Dietary carbohydrate restriction augments weight loss-induced improvements in glycaemic control and liver fat in individuals with type 2 diabetes: a randomised controlled trial
doi:10.1007/s00125-021-05628-8High Quality
Methodology score · 75/100
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What’s the bottom line?
Two groups lost the same amount of weight, but one ate fewer carbs and more protein. That group’s blood sugar got better, liver fat dropped more, and triglycerides fell — but their pancreas didn’t clear fat as well, and they had more low-blood-sugar episodes.
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Thomsen MN, Skytte MJ, Samkani A, Carl MH, Weber P, Astrup A, Chabanova E, Fenger M, Frystyk J, Hartmann B, Holst JJ, Larsen TM, Madsbad S, Magkos F, Thomsen HS, Haugaard SB, Krarup T