Weight of the Evidence: Weight Loss, Cholesterol and Blood Sugar Improvements - What's the Wonder Drug Now?
Weight of the Evidence: Weight Loss, Cholesterol and Blood Sugar Improvements - What's the Wonder Drug Now?
Weight Loss, Cholesterol and Blood Sugar Improvements - What's the Wonder Drug Now?
While the media is hot and heavy to lead their headlines with junk science complete with amateurish conclusions, a study was quietly published Friday in the journal, Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry - Beneficial effects of ketogenic diet in obese diabetic subjects (abstract) - that's remains ignored.
No fanfare, no ballyhoo, in fact, not one headline to call attention to the significant findings, over the course of a year, of a dietary trial in obese subjects with and without type II diabetes.
Findings that included:
For both groups, diabetic and normal glucose:
* Weight loss of 24.55kg in 56-weeks (that's 54-pounds)
* Total Cholesterol down 19.3%
* LDL down 28.2%
* HDL up 52.3%
* Triglycerides down 59%
* Fasting Blood Glucose down 31%
For those with type II diabetes:
* Weigth loss of 24.4kg in 56-weeks (that's 53.7-pounds)
* Total Cholesterol down 28.5%
* LDL down 33%
* HDL up 63.4%
* Triglycerides down 40.8%
* Fasting Blood Glucose down 50.9% (yes, glucose fell more than 50%)
So, what exactly did the researchers have these subjects do that led to such impressive improvements over the course of 56-weeks?
Sixty-four subjects were divided into two groups - thirty one had abnormal glucose levels (type II diabetes) and the remaining thirty-three had normal glucose levels. Both groups were instructed to modify their diet to include only 20g of carbohydrate a day from a list of foods allowed along with 5-tablespoons of olive oil on salads, and allowed 80g-100g of meats, eggs, fish, poultry and full-fat cheese each day. No alcohol was consumed by participants. At week 12, participants were allowed to increase carbohydrate to 40g per day. Throughout the 56-weeks some foods were forbidden - flour, bread, rice, macaroni, noodles, honey, sugar, sweets, cakes, potatoes, all fruit juices and all soft drinks.
Yes, shocker - the study was designed to measure the effects of a ketogenic diet in subjects with and without type II diabetes.
So, with the above findings, it's no wonder this one is being quietly ignored.
Weight Loss, Cholesterol and Blood Sugar Improvements - What's the Wonder Drug Now?
While the media is hot and heavy to lead their headlines with junk science complete with amateurish conclusions, a study was quietly published Friday in the journal, Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry - Beneficial effects of ketogenic diet in obese diabetic subjects (abstract) - that's remains ignored.
No fanfare, no ballyhoo, in fact, not one headline to call attention to the significant findings, over the course of a year, of a dietary trial in obese subjects with and without type II diabetes.
Findings that included:
For both groups, diabetic and normal glucose:
* Weight loss of 24.55kg in 56-weeks (that's 54-pounds)
* Total Cholesterol down 19.3%
* LDL down 28.2%
* HDL up 52.3%
* Triglycerides down 59%
* Fasting Blood Glucose down 31%
For those with type II diabetes:
* Weigth loss of 24.4kg in 56-weeks (that's 53.7-pounds)
* Total Cholesterol down 28.5%
* LDL down 33%
* HDL up 63.4%
* Triglycerides down 40.8%
* Fasting Blood Glucose down 50.9% (yes, glucose fell more than 50%)
So, what exactly did the researchers have these subjects do that led to such impressive improvements over the course of 56-weeks?
Sixty-four subjects were divided into two groups - thirty one had abnormal glucose levels (type II diabetes) and the remaining thirty-three had normal glucose levels. Both groups were instructed to modify their diet to include only 20g of carbohydrate a day from a list of foods allowed along with 5-tablespoons of olive oil on salads, and allowed 80g-100g of meats, eggs, fish, poultry and full-fat cheese each day. No alcohol was consumed by participants. At week 12, participants were allowed to increase carbohydrate to 40g per day. Throughout the 56-weeks some foods were forbidden - flour, bread, rice, macaroni, noodles, honey, sugar, sweets, cakes, potatoes, all fruit juices and all soft drinks.
Yes, shocker - the study was designed to measure the effects of a ketogenic diet in subjects with and without type II diabetes.
So, with the above findings, it's no wonder this one is being quietly ignored.
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