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This article is getting a lot of noise on Twitter. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28397413. Sadly it's behind a paywall and costs $6 to read. I've paid for it and I think it's worthwhile.
It took case studies of six type 1 children and identified that there were growth and cardiovascular indicators that were considered abnormal after the children were fed low carb diets as part of a strategy to manage their T1. The interviews with the children also suggest dissatisfaction with what the were given to eat.
The common theme throughout is that the children affected were not eating their full, required amount of energy consistently, so could be considered to be be under-nourished. The side effects were noted to be similar to those noticed in children fed ketogenically to treat epilepsy (i.e. low growth rate and CV markers). The other point of note is that high fat diets have been shown to blunt pituitary growth hormone release, which could affect both IGF and HGH release. Much less of an issue in adults, but obviously quite a big one in children..
Make of it what you will. I think it's worth a read and quite an interesting counter to what is often discussed on the forum.
It took case studies of six type 1 children and identified that there were growth and cardiovascular indicators that were considered abnormal after the children were fed low carb diets as part of a strategy to manage their T1. The interviews with the children also suggest dissatisfaction with what the were given to eat.
The common theme throughout is that the children affected were not eating their full, required amount of energy consistently, so could be considered to be be under-nourished. The side effects were noted to be similar to those noticed in children fed ketogenically to treat epilepsy (i.e. low growth rate and CV markers). The other point of note is that high fat diets have been shown to blunt pituitary growth hormone release, which could affect both IGF and HGH release. Much less of an issue in adults, but obviously quite a big one in children..
Make of it what you will. I think it's worth a read and quite an interesting counter to what is often discussed on the forum.