Mediterranean Diet Improves Glycemic Control in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes
Annals of Internal Medicine
August 2009
A Mediterranean-style diet may be better than a low-fat diet for helping patients with type 2 diabetes, and delay treatment with anihyperglycemic drugs.
Italian researchers randomized some 200 overweight patients with newly diagnosed diabetes to either a Mediterranean-style diet (less than 50% of calories from carbohydrates) or a low-fat diet (less than 30% of calories from fat).
At four years, fewer patients on the Mediterranean diet than on the low-fat diet had HbA1C levels greater than 7%, thus requiring treatment with anihyperglycemic drugs (44% vs 70%). The Mediterranean diet group also had a larger increase in insulin sensitivity, greater weight loss, and reduced coronary risk factors.
The authors say the Mediterranean diet's effects could be explained by the high consumption of monounsaturated fatty acids, which may increase insulin sensitivity. They conclude:
"The findings reinforce the message that benefits of lifestyle interventions should not be overlooked.”
Diet and exercise are the hallmarks of treating type 2 diabetes. This includes patients with HIV.
Schick Research is conducting a study that may prove that blue-green algae, because it changes the milieu of the GI tract and the pancreas, may be used to control type 2 diabetes. If our study is proven successful, it may replace oral insulin in these patients.
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