There is no reason to fear fat anymore. High fat food is even good for diabetics, according to a new high-quality Swedish study of 61 patients:
- Diabetes patients randomized to a high fat (20% carb) diet improved their blood sugar, cholesterol and could reduce their diabetes medications.
- Patients randomized to conventional (obsolete) low fat advice did not improve anything.
No surprises. Previous trials have shown similar results: Fat is good for the health of diabetics. So why do most diabetics still get the failed old low fat advice? By now it should be borderline criminal.
MedicalXpress: High-fat diet lowered blood sugar and improved blood lipids in diabetics
Nothing to do with diet but I'm going to miss the last episode of "The Bridge" next weekend as I'm away. I just want to say darn you Swedes (and Danes) and your cop shows, I'm totally hooked on this. I can't help looking at what people are eating though. In one episode Saga microwaved a pizza. So much for LCHF Sweden! ;)
(A TV show full of murders, corruption and unhappy families, and all I can think about is low carb diets...oh dear...)
"The patients were randomised to either an LCD or a
traditional LFD, both with an energy content of 6,694 kJ/day
(1,600 kcal/day) for women or 7,531 kJ/day (1,800 kcal/day)
for men. Randomisation was not stratified and was based on
drawing blinded ballots. The LCD had an energy content
where 50 energy per cent (E%) was from fat, 20 E% was from
carbohydrate and 30 E% was from protein. The LFD had a
nutrient compo sit ion that was similar to that tradition ally
recommended for the treatment of type 2 diabetes in Sweden,
with 30 E% from fat (less than 10 E% from saturated fat), 55–
60 E% from carbohydrate and 10–15 E% from protein."
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