A study by New Zealand's Wellington Hospital

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Items for the Week: A Modified Atkins Diet Helps Patients with Diabetes
on Tuesday, July 05 @ 14:46:48 EDT
http://www.diabetesincontrol.com/mod...ticle&sid=2888

A study by New Zealand's Wellington Hospital indicates the high-fat modified Atkins diet helps diabetes patients lose 22 avg. pounds and improve their diabetes.

The study examined the cases of 12 overweight patients with type 2 diabetes brought on by diet and lifestyle. On a modified Atkins diet, the patients lost an average of about 22 pounds in six months, the Wellington Dominion Post reported Monday.

Surprisingly, the researchers said the patients' glucose tolerance improved significantly, indicating better diabetes control.

"When I went into it, with no published studies, I was expecting we would see it would be harmful," said endocrinologist and lead study author Jeremy Krebs. "I was not surprised people were able to lose weight, but the health parameters all improved more than I expected."

The diet used in the study was a slightly modified version of Atkins, aiming to avoid "bad" saturated fats and eat more mono and polyunsaturated fats.

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Re: A study by New Zealand's Wellington Hospital

Slowly, but surely, the world is finally waking up to the fact that Atkins is what diabetics need.

The only problem I see is when "they" say modified Atkins. If they are referring to the Atkins plan of the 1970"s, where I believe that NO carbs were allowed, I can understand saying modified Atkins. But Atkins, since the 1990's, has included good carbs, in moderation, in induction and increasing in OWL.

Great post, ipopup!!