Study: Small cuts to carb loads can improve blood sugar

September 16 by , medical review by in Blood sugar, Diabetes

When you are trying to cut carbohydrates to improve your health, even a little bit can count.

That’s what Japanese researchers demonstrated in a small experiment with a group of 41 patients with type 2 diabetes who wore continuous glucose monitors. All they changed in the participants’ diets was the carb count of the bread they consumed at each meal, swapping a low-carb version for the normal, high-carb bread.

The result? The participants’ blood sugars and lipid markers improved, as well as other markers of pancreatic function and metabolism. The researchers concluded: “These results indicate that changing only the carbohydrate content of the staple food has benefits on glucose and lipid metabolism.”

Pubmed: Low-carbohydrate diet by staple change attenuates postprandial GIP and CPR levels in type 2 diabetes patients

While the researchers did not divulge their recipe for low-carb bread, Diet Doctor has more than a dozen tasty low-carb bread recipes that can help you swap out your high-carb versions and get your carb load down.

Low-carb and keto bread recipes

GuideHere you’ll find the most popular keto bread recipes, rated by thousands of people. Take a bite of the famous keto bread, oopsies, seed crackers and mouth watering classics like BLT sandwich, garlic bread, naan and biscuits. Besides of our recipes being way healthier than regular bread, they’re ready in a flash!

In fact, we have low-carb versions of many favorite high-carb staples like bread, rice, potatoes and pasta.

Many people find that once they adapt to a low-carb way of eating — which satisfies hunger, keeps blood sugar stable and cravings under control — they lose their need and desire for those old, high-carb staples.

If you are looking for other ways to reduce your carbohydrate load, check out our popular guide, “Six steps down the carb mountain” which will show you other easy ways to get rid of extra sugar and starch in your diet.

Eating better — six steps down the carb mountain

GuideSo, you’re interested in a low-carb diet but you’re hesitant to go all in. Maybe you just want to eat a little bit healthier. Or, perhaps doing anything “cold turkey” just isn’t your thing. Either way, this guide’s for you.

So, whether you go in big or go in small, it’s all good news: cutting carbs wherever you can makes a positive impact on your blood sugar.

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Kimberly Cooper
September 18 1
Dear Anne Mullens et al.,

Thank you for the info. I'm trying to learn more about how I can reverse insulin resistance and high blood insulin and learn how I can keep from getting them again.

I hope that someday someone invents a blood insulin-ketone meter and a continuous blood insulin-ketone monitor. The blood glucose meters and and CBG monitors are worthless for telling us anything to stop insulin resistance and hyperinsulinemia.

As for now, I'm needing to learn more about everything insulin: reversing it, etc.
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Vicki
September 19
I wish I was brave enough to send this report out in my tiny bush community, where there are a large proportion of overweight and diabetic, older people, who think low carb is just a fad and that I am probably killing myself doing it, even though my HbA1c is under 5 and I have lost nearly 20 kg and probably added ten years to my healthspan. I am a biochemist and try to keep up with the latest research (thanks for the help, there), so I know that there is a ton of research out there that supports this lifestyle change, it is just the older community who have lived since the 1950s and Ancel Keys will not change their beliefs about fat. Hopefully the younger generations coming up will be a bit more broad minded. I just wish there were people to (I was going to say 'talk to' and realised that of course there is the facebook group!) Thanks Bret and Anne
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Ramzi Elamine
September 19
I tried low carb for one year all my blood monitor changed for better even the lipids and show me that truglyceride and ldl hdl are working togother and low carb lower the triglycerides which lead to harmonized the lipids issue
Also i get rid of my hypertensive pills and my h2antagonist ,antacids pills
I TRIED MANY REGEMIN FOR DIET BUT THIS KETOGENIC DIET IS EFFECTIVE AND THERAPEUTIC AID
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Jose Depasupil
September 23
since i started eating low carbs high fat (lchf) meals i lost 15 kilos. i'm a coffee lover but used to experience high acidity others said due to over-drinking coffee. however my having lchf meals eliminated this high-acidity experience while i'm still drinking at least 3 cups of black coffee a day but avoided sugar as much as i can. accidentally last year after our heavy meal in one of the eateries in our place, i was diagnosed with pre-diabetes or diabetes as i had a blood sugar which peaked to 430 which made me forced myself to go on lchf intakes. i was prescribed then with a lot of medicines and supplements my doctor said will help my blood glucose go down but to no avail because of my undisciplined food intake then. with the continuous lchf meals and intermittent fasting, lately my blood sugar is not getting higher than 130 which usually happens when i eat breads/cakes and other processed foods to satisfy my cravings once in a while. i used to take my blood glucose readings everyday but lately i feel lazy doing so because my blood glucose readings most of the time are in normal range. i may not be a member officially, but i thank Diet Doctor as one of my sources of information that lead me to be a part of the lchf family.
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September 26 1
Each time I feel I'm slightly slipping and having the wrong food, I log on and everything gets into place again. The diet menu is great and I have printed the weekly menu and find it at hand in the kitchen. Thank you.

Study: Small cuts to carb loads can improve blood sugar

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