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People with severe insulin resistance or diabetes may benefit from reducing total carbohydrate intake.
If you have diabetes or severe insulin resistance, talk to your doctor about reducing your total carbohydrate intake. This may help improve your metabolic health, but long-term data is still being gathered.
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People with severe insulin resistance or diabetes may benefit from reduction of total carbohydrate intake
Why this rating
Supported by observational and experimental data, but long-term data on efficacy and safety are lacking.
Source
Dietary carbohydrates: role of quality and quantity in chronic disease
David S. Ludwig et al. · BMJ · 2018
DOI 10.1136/bmj.k2340
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