Hormonal
Adhering to a low carbohydrate diet (approx. 30g/day) allows type 2 diabetes patients on insulin therapy to significantly reduce or completely stop insulin usage, while improving HbA1c and reducing body weight.
If you have Type 2 Diabetes and take insulin, discuss with your doctor a plan to drastically reduce carbohydrates to about 30 grams per day. This approach may allow you to lower or stop your insulin injections, lose weight, and improve your blood sugar control, provided you are monitored closely during the transition.
A low carbohydrate dietary lifestyle of 31±10 g per day is effective in significantly improving HbA1c, weight loss and insulin need in T2DM patients on oral and insulin treatment.
Why this rating
The study is an observational, retrospective analysis from a single practice with a small sample size (n=37) and high selection bias (motivated patients).
Source
Low Carbohydrate Lifestyle Reduces Significantly Insulin Need in Type 2 Diabetes Patients
HARRIËT VERKOELEN · Interventions in Obesity & Diabetes · 2020
DOI 10.31031/iod.2020.04.000591
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