Category: Human Diet
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Reversing Type II Diabetes
There are three ways to reverse Type II Diabetes, bariatric surgery, a very low calory diet or a very low carbohydrate diet. Open Future Health has always considered the late Dr Sarah Hallberg the expert on this topic and her page in the expertise section of this website is here. There are three ways to…
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Time to Catch Up
“In view of the rapid growth of evidence around carbohydrate restriction and Type II Diabetes, and the global guideline adoption, we simply ask why NZ is not at least including a carbohydrate restriction approach in its guidelines, alongside other dietary approaches, to manage Type II Diabetes.” We now call upon NZ to catch up and…
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Dr David Unwin
“British general practitioner, Dr David Unwin used carbohydrate reduction to reverse/remit T2DM; of 199 patients with T2DM, 46% achieved drug-free remission, with enormous cost savings from reduced diabetes medication.” What predicts drug-free type 2 diabetes remission? Insights from an 8-year general practice service evaluation of a lower carbohydrate diet with weight loss. BMJ Nutr Prev…
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Clinical trials
“This is surprising, as clinical trials and primary care practice data report beneficial and sustained results from carbohydrate reduction. (7,8) Virta Health, a US-based research entity has shown carbohydrate reduction to be safe in prediabetes/T2DM. Their 5-year data concluded their model of care showed excellent retention, sustained clinically significant weight loss, stable glycaemic control and less…
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NZ Ministry of Health
“New Zealand (NZ) does not endorse carbohydrate reduction as a viable option for individuals, but rather cautions against it. The NZ Society for the Study of Diabetes states in their guidelines ‘meta-analyses show that the benefits of ketogenic diets are unlikely to be sustained’ (5,6) and the Ministry of Health states ‘Very low carbohydrate diets: Not…
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Dietary Guidelines
“Global dietary guidelines have been updated to align with scientific evidence. The American Diabetes Association (ADA), The British Diabetes and Dietetic Associations, Diabetes Canada and Diabetes Australia have included carbohydrate reduction (CR) in their official T2DM dietary guidelines.(1,2)” While the above statement is true, there are still reservations about the long-term viability of very low…
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Understand Insulin and Insulin Resistance.
Published on 15 Aug 2022, from the mindbodygreen podcast! Your host is Jason Wachob, founder and co-CEO of mindbodygreen. Today’s featured guest is Ben Bikman, Ph.D., a metabolic scientist with a doctorate in bioenergetics. “The single greatest predictor of a good night of sleep is if I go to bed on an empty stomach,” he…
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Food Companies Control Health Information!
Part of a Blog hosted by Dhru Purohit Published on 20th January, 2023. Today on The Dhru Purohit Podcast, Dhru sits down with Calley Means to discuss his viral Tweet stating that he “saw inside the room” of Coca-Cola’s tactics to ensure sugar-sweetened beverage taxes failed and that soda was permitted in government-funded nutrition programs.…
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Regulation of Blood Sugar- Best Science
I recognise the expertise of Dr. Mario Kratz. Although he chooses and would recommend a diet that’s higher in carbohydrates and plant foods, than I have discovered works for me at my time of life. Thirty years ago, I was eating the sort of diet he prefers. This is a very good explanation of a…
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New Research – 2017
Glucose Spikes Uncovering a Hidden Threat A documentary for NHK, filmed in Japan, the USA, and Italy. Prof. Antonio Ceriello says that, “Glucose spikes undermine our health, even though we are unaware of it.” As well as obesity, glucose spiles are a driving force in type II diabetes, heart disease, poor circulation, diabetic foot ulcers,…