Small, dense LDL exposes hidden heart risk your standard LDL misses — check triglycerides (≥150 mg/dL / ≥1.7 mmol/L) and HDL to catch it early.
List of Resarch Papers
Evidence-based articles on diabetes management, nutrition, and healthcare, and much more.
A 5‑year very‑low‑carb, remote‑care program for type 2 diabetes showed durable benefits: 20% remission among completers, 33% reached HbA1c <6.5% with no meds or only metformin, alongside less medication and improved heart‑risk markers.
Lower-carb diets in type 1 diabetes are linked to better HbA1c and lower insulin needs, with no changes in LDL, HDL, or triglycerides. Very‑low and low‑carb studies most often hit the ADA HbA1c target of less than 7%
Therapeutic carbohydrate reduction (low-carb to very low‑carb) in type 1 diabetes can lower blood sugars, reduce insulin needs, and improve A1C—often with fewer highs and lows—when done with proper medical oversight. This comprehensive guide (96 page) available in full text is an excellent paper to bring to your doctor.
Low‑carb, dietitian‑guided eating in type 1 diabetes improved HbA1c, time‑in‑range, and cut insulin—without more hypos or ketoacidosis. Short‑term, promising, needs larger trials.
Low-carb diets match or beat low-fat for Type 2 diabetes—often cutting meds and improving HbA1c—without evidence of increased cardiovascular risk.
Reducing carbs can markedly improve blood sugar and cut insulin needs in diabetes; strong long‑term trials are the missing piece.
Small, dense LDL—not total LDL—best flagged future heart disease risk. Even with normal LDL, high sdLDL doubled risk.
A nurse‑delivered, real‑food low‑energy, low‑carb plan led to far greater weight loss and HbA1c reductions in 12 weeks than usual care. Short‑term cardiometabolic markers and medication use improved too.
Lower‑carb guidance in a UK GP practice led to 46% drug‑free type 2 diabetes remission and 93% normalization of prediabetes, with significant drops in HbA1c, weight, BP, and triglycerides.
Publisher: British Journal of General Practice
The ADA’s consensus report signals a major shift by confirming that personalized nutrition—including low-carbohydrate diets—demonstrates the most evidence for immediate blood sugar control, validating flexible eating plans over the old 'one-size-fits-all' standard
Near-normal HbA1c and low acute complications reported by type 1 diabetics on a very low–carb diet. Findings are strong but need clinical trials to confirm.
Butter raised LDL; coconut oil didn’t—despite having more saturated fat (94% vs. 66%). In this 4‑week test, coconut oil matched olive oil for LDL and boosted HDL, and inflammation didn’t rise.
Tired of regaining weight after dieting? Research shows that a low-carb diet significantly boosts your daily calorie burn—up to 478 calories for those with high insulin secretion—making long-term weight maintenance dramatically easier.
Advanced carb counting brings only modest gains; everyday experience and feedback often matter more. Real‑world routines beat perfect math for type 1 diabetes control.
Think “bad cholesterol” is always bad? In people 60+, higher LDL was linked to equal or lower death rates across many studies—challenging the “lower is better” rule.
Fat, protein, and GI meaningfully shift post‑meal glucose in Type 1 diabetes—often demanding more insulin than carb counting alone. The same carbs don’t mean the same insulin when meals are high in fat or protein.
This paper argues that restricting carbs should be the first-line diet for diabetes because it quickly lowers blood sugar, improves key health markers, and often reduces medications—without proven long‑term harms comparable to drugs.
Small, dense LDL exposes hidden heart risk: it predicts events even when LDL looks “normal.”
This study suggests that when companies pay for nutrition research, the results are much more likely to support the companies’ products. This doesn’t automatically mean the research is false, but it highlights the need for caution and transparency about who funds health research and how that might impact the findings
You might wonder: Is weight loss without constant hunger even possible? Research on type 2 diabetes patients showed that a low-carb diet caused a spontaneous drop in daily calorie intake, while simultaneously boosting insulin sensitivity by 75%
35 eggs a day—and blood cholesterol stayed normal. This extreme case undercuts the myth that eating cholesterol automatically raises cholesterol in your blood.
A 1797 case report by John Rollo describes treating diabetes with a strict animal‑based, low‑carbohydrate diet and monitoring urine sugar, noting rapid symptom improvements.