To understand how your blood glucose responds to
different macronutrient profiles, let's explore how a ketogenic diet, Standard American Diet (SAD), and low - fat, plant - based, whole - food diet affect your blood glucose.
Although short - term randomized clinical trials have shown a beneficial effect of high protein intake, 3,4,20,21 the long - term health consequences of protein intake remain controversial.8,9,22 - 25 In a randomized clinical trial with a 2 - year intervention, 4 calorie - restricted diets with
different macronutrient compositions did not show a difference in the effects on weight loss or on improvement of lipid
profiles and insulin levels.26 When protein is substituted for other
macronutrients, the dietary source of protein appears to be a critical determinant of the outcome.