Thu, Aug-22-02, 10:39
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Plan: Atkins
Stats: 238/238/180
BF:
Progress: 0%
Location: Cobourg, ON Canada
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I've done the research!
It's true the Low Carb living will definitely lower blood glucose levels; what is also true, however, is that diabetics must pay close attention to their fat and more importantly, their protein intake due to our tendancy to suffer from kidney complications later in life.
There is much credible research indicating that high protein diets are simply destructive to diabetes and are not recommended.
That's not to say that for non-diabetics, low-carb, high fat/protein diets may not be beneficial. My concern here is for my condition, and since I'm already experiencing the intial stages of kidney damage, I wouldn't recommend that I or any other diabetic person play around with high protein diets unless I came across credible research in this area.
And by the way, 80% of diabetes dies of cardiovascular disease, or stoke. With stats like that, I'm scared of high fat/sat fat diets like Atkins. The effects of high fat diets on the heart are well documented. While others may lose weight on a diet like this, the long term effects are still not certain, however, with an 8/10 chance that I'll die of a heart/stroke problem, I'm not willing to chance it, nor should any other diabetic.
Since researching this issue further, I've become dismayed at how supporters of high protein/fat diets attempt to convince diabetics that these diets are suitable. Again, they will cause weight loss for everyone and I'm not disputing that they may or may not be dangerous for non-diabetics, but what's at issue here is excessive protein and fat intake for diabetics, and from all counts, the research there is pretty conclusive.
I'm not condeming what you do; it's your choice and I'm sure it works for you, but some diabetics look for an easy way to control blood sugar and I fear that without researching Atkins and other diets of these types for how they effect diabetics in the long run, they may be ruining their health and once the damage is done, it cannot be undone.
I'm always open to reading legitimate research on this topic -- I'd be foolish to turn down something else that works and isn't risky. To the best of my knowledge, no research has been conducted on the long term effect of these types of diets specifically for Diabetics. Do you have a link to such a study? I'd appreciate reading it.
Thanks!
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