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High-Protein Diet Reduces Blood Sugar

  • October 01, 2003

The primary focus on most diabetic diets has been on the relative amounts and types of carbohydrates and fat to include in their diet. Both the type and amount of protein in the diet has largely been ignored. Today's AJCN has a strong study supporting the use of increased protein relative to carbohydrate as it provided a 40 percent reduction in blood sugars and a reduction in glycosylated hemeglobin. The major problem with this study, and nearly all traditional nutritional studies, is that...