App helps people with diabetes feel better by eating less sugar and carbs
mHealth low carbohydrate dietary intervention ameliorates glycaemic profile, blood pressure and weight status in people with type 2 diabetes
Not medical advice. For informational purposes only. Always consult a healthcare professional. Terms
Surprising Findings
A 6 mmHg drop in systolic blood pressure without changes in physical activity or diastolic pressure
Blood pressure usually only improves with exercise, weight loss, or medication—but here, just changing diet via an app had a measurable cardiovascular effect.
Practical Takeaways
Try a low-carb app like Defeat Diabetes for 3 months while tracking your blood sugar and weight.
Not medical advice. For informational purposes only. Always consult a healthcare professional. Terms
Surprising Findings
A 6 mmHg drop in systolic blood pressure without changes in physical activity or diastolic pressure
Blood pressure usually only improves with exercise, weight loss, or medication—but here, just changing diet via an app had a measurable cardiovascular effect.
Practical Takeaways
Try a low-carb app like Defeat Diabetes for 3 months while tracking your blood sugar and weight.
Publication
Journal
npj Metabolic Health and Disease
Year
2025
Authors
Despina Kolivas, Liz Fraser, Ronald Schweitzer, P. Brukner, G. Moschonis
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Claims (6)
Eating fewer carbs might help lower your blood pressure if you have high blood pressure.
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.
If you have type 2 diabetes and use a low-carb diet app for 3 months, there's a good chance—about half the people in the claim—that your blood sugar could get as low as someone without diabetes.
If adults with type 2 diabetes eat fewer carbs—dropping from about a third to less than a fifth of their daily calories for three months—they might see their average blood sugar drop by a full point, and the more they cut carbs, the better their blood sugar control tends to get.
If adults with type 2 diabetes lose 5% or more of their weight in 3 months using a low-carb app, they see better blood sugar control than those who lose less weight.