He approaches these issues frequently with
dietary carbohydrate restriction (ketosis) and talks about it here.
Here it is in their words: «Two weeks of dietary intervention (≈ 4.3 % weight loss) reduced hepatic triglycerides -LCB- fat in the liver -RCB- by ≈ 42 % in subjects with NAFLD -LCB- non-alcoholic fatty liver disease -RCB-; however, reductions were significantly greater with
dietary carbohydrate restriction than with calorie restriction.»
Alterations in carbohydrate metabolism in response to short - term
dietary carbohydrate restriction
Dietary carbohydrate restriction as the first approach in diabetes management: Critical review and evidence base.
Most are induced or influenced by diet, and respond well to some degree of
dietary carbohydrate restriction.
Richard Feinman is principal author of the 26 - author comprehensive review «
Dietary carbohydrate restriction as the first approach in diabetes management: Critical review and evidence base» His recent book «The World Turned Upside Down.
Snorgaard O, Poulsen GM, Andersen HK, Astrup A. Systematic review and meta - analysis of
dietary carbohydrate restriction in patients with type 2 diabetes.
Another conclusion they came to, «weekly ratings of perceived hunger did not differ by diet group during the trial, which suggests, as discussed by others (31, 32), that it is the protein content of the diet and not the severity of
dietary carbohydrate restriction that affects perceived hunger,» mirrored my own experience.
Dietary carbohydrate restriction in type 2 diabetes mellitus and metabolic syndrome: time for a critical appraisal.
A critical review in the journal Nutrition concluded that
dietary carbohydrate restriction is actually one of the most effective interventions for reducing symptoms of metabolic syndrome, contrary to the advice that has been most commonly given to diabetics — that low - fat, high - carb diet can help their medications work optimally.
Not exact matches
With regard to non-insulin dependent diabetics, then the limiting factors are the disturbance caused by the diarrhoeal infection and the
carbohydrate restrictions imposed by
dietary management.
Body fat lost with
dietary fat
restriction was greater compared with
carbohydrate restriction, even though more fat was burned with the low - carb diet.
In contrast,
carbohydrate restriction seems to be the best
dietary approach for women with PCOS.
Our results suggest that less emphasis should be placed on
carbohydrate restriction without regard for concomitant increases in
dietary fat.
Specifically, if the initial pathogenesis of AD comes from peripheral hyperinsulinemia, there is reason to believe that
restriction of
dietary carbohydrates should be frontline therapy for AD.
Carbohydrate restriction seems to be the best
dietary approach for women with PCOS.
1935 Effects of the high
carbohydrate - low calorie diet upon
carbohydrate tolerance in diabetes mellitus 1955 Low - fat diet and therapeutic doses of insulin in diabetes mellitus 1958 Effect of rice diet on diabetes mellitus associated with vascular disease 1976 Beneficial effects of a high
carbohydrate, high fiber diet on hyperglycemic diabetic men 1977 Effect of
carbohydrate restriction and high
carbohydrates diets on men with chemical diabetes 1979 High -
carbohydrate, high - fiber diets for insulin - treated men with diabetes mellitus 1981 High
carbohydrate high in fibre diet in diabetes 1982 Response of non-insulin-dependent diabetic patients to an intensive program of diet and exercise 1983 Long - term use of a high - complex -
carbohydrate, high - fiber, low - fat diet and exercise in the treatment of NIDDM patients 1994 Diet and exercise in the treatment of NIDDM: the need for early emphasis 1999 Toward improved management of NIDDM: A randomized, controlled, pilot intervention using a lowfat, vegetarian diet 2005 The effects of a low - fat, plant - based
dietary intervention on body weight, metabolism, and insulin sensitivity 2006 A low - fat vegan diet improves glycemic control and cardiovascular risk factors in a randomized clinical trial in individuals with type 2 diabetes 2006 Effect of short ‐ term Pritikin diet therapy on the metabolic syndrome 2009 A low - fat vegan diet and a conventional diabetes diet in the treatment of type 2 diabetes: a randomized, controlled, 74 - wk clinical trial
All of these health problems are caused by nutritional deficiencies caused by the
dietary restrictions imposed by a low
carbohydrate diet.
Whereas instruction in an LCD does not mention calories, the
restriction of
dietary carbohydrate leads to a reduction in caloric intake from baseline.
Furthermore, our finding that obtaining an adequate sleep duration reduced overeating and consumption of fats and
carbohydrates, combined with findings of reduced fat loss during a caloric
restriction regimen when obtaining insufficient sleep (42) indicates clinical trials are needed to determine whether sleep is a modifiable risk factor that can assist weight loss and maintenance programs to improve
dietary habits and metabolic health.
We previously showed that calorie
restriction and alternate daily fasting works synergistically with doses of radiation therapy to enhance cancer cell kill and slow tumor growth, by decreasing several metabolic pathways heavily related to
dietary carbohydrates and insulin.
There is a lot more in Paul Whiteley's post that addresses gut microbioime dysbiosis but I don't want to digress any further than needed to make my point, and that is, that for some celiac, they need to increase
dietary restrictions beyond gluten - free; some use the Specific
Carbohydrate Diet which was the first celiac diet and which shows promise with other autoimmunes (see the post, FOOD MANAGING IBD & AUTISM: THE STUDIES).