Al-Marsad Journal – Agencies: A recent medical study found that a low-carb diet helps prevent diabetes (2) and lowers blood sugar for people with diabetes and those at risk of developing the disease.
According to a study conducted by researchers from Tulane University in Louisiana, USA, and their results were published in the journal Gamma Network Open, low-carb diets reduce glycated hemoglobin A1C, which is an indicator of sugar levels. in the blood in people with type 2 diabetes.
The study included participants between the ages of 40 and 70, whose blood glucose ranged between pre-disease and ideal-for-disease-onset levels, noting that all were not taking diabetes medications.
One group was given foods containing less than 40 grams of carbohydrates during the first three months and less than 60 grams in the following 3 to 6 months.
The researchers compared the tests of the two groups, the first who followed a low-carb diet and the other who continued their normal diet, and found a decrease in glycated hemoglobin A1C for the first group.
Dietary guidelines recommend that 20 to 57 grams of carbohydrates, which provide 80 to 240 calories per day, are typical of a low-carb diet.
