Questão 57 - PUC-PR Medicina Verão 2019

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World's largest low-carb type 1 diabetes study set to start

 

The world's largest study of how a low carbohydrate diet can impact and help control type 1 diabetes is set to start this autumn.

The Dietary Science Foundation in Sweden, which funds scientific studies focused on diet and how it can affect health, has been raising funds to carry out the work.

A number of studies have already shown low carb diets to have a lot of potential towards improving type 1 diabetes health. Last week, research into low carb and type 1 diabetes made the headlines as it showed that a group of mainly children and young adults were able to achieve excellent control on a very low carb diet.

A larger study could more emphatically demonstrate the benefits of eating low carb on the management of type 1 diabetes. According to the organization, of the 50,000 people in Sweden who have type 1 diabetes, only 25% manage to control their blood sugars at the recommended level with standard care. This leaves a lot of room for improvement and the low carb lifestyle shows significant promise for helping people improve their control.

Retrieved from https://www.diabetes.co.uk/news/2018/may/Worlds-largest-low-carb-type-1-diabetes-study-set-to-start-91757776.html Access: 07/20/2018

 

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