Low-carb diet tied to lower mortality risk in patients with type 2 diabetes: Study
USA: Greater adherence to LCD (low-carbohydrate diet) patterns is significantly associated with lower cancer, cardiovascular, and total mortality among type 2 diabetes (T2D) patients, new research has pointed out. LCD patterns emphasize high-quality sources of macronutrients.
"A combination of healthy versions of the low-carbohydrate diet with other healthy lifestyle behaviours following diabetes diagnosis may confer additional health benefits," the researchers wrote in their study published in the journal Diabetes Care.
The study was conducted by Yang Hu, Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, and colleagues to prospectively assess the association between postdiagnosis LCD patterns and mortality among patients with type 2 diabetes.
For this purpose, the researchers calculated an overall total LCD score (TLCDS) based on the percentage of energy as total carbohydrates among diabetes patients within the Nurses' Health Study and Health Professionals' Follow-up Study. Also, animal (ALCDS), vegetable (VLCDS), unhealthy (ULCDS), and healthy LCDS (HDCDS) were further derived that stressed different quality and sources of macronutrients. The association between the LCD score and mortality was assessed using Multivariable-adjusted Cox models.
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