Reported September 05, 2009

The latest research project to reach us at Ukmedix News concerns evidence that following a low carb Mediterranean style eating plan is a more effective way of controlling diabetics symptoms than the normally recommended low fat and low calorie diet.

The researchers said that the Mediterranean diet even led to a greater amount of weight being lost, a better control of blood sugar, a reduction in heart disease risks and less reliance on medication to lower blood sugar. The research which was led by Dottore Dario Giugliano from the Second University of Naples in Southern Italy involved over 200 Type 2 diabetic men and women who were asked to follow either the low carb Mediterranean diet or the low fat diet for a four year period. All of the participants were given regular counselling by professional nutritionists.

The results show that after the four years was up only 44 percent of those men and women who ate the Mediterranean diet still required medicine to lower blood sugar levels whereas 70 percent of those who had eaten the low fat diet still required it. The Mediterranean dieters also reported more weight loss and thinner waists as well as increases in good cholesterol and decreases in harmful triglycerides.