pdmjoker
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In David Unwin's paper (written with D Haslam and G Livesey) "It is the glycaemic response to, not the carbohydrate content of food that matters in diabetes and obesity: The glycaemic index revisited"
(found here https://insulinresistance.org/index.php/jir/article/view/8/11) they say:
@Dark Horse kindly provided this link to a presentation from Professor Roy Taylor on DiRECT (Diabetes REmission Clinical Trial): https://www.directclinicaltrial.org.uk/Documents/AAA FINAL DiRECT 12m results for IDF 2017.pdf
However, from slide 13 of the DiRECT pdf, the 12-20 weeks meal replacement for weight loss has energy distribution:
Which is, actually, Liberal Low Carb, and well within the Unwin, Haslam and Livesey specification.
Perhaps this has already been pointed out somewhere, but DiRECT seems to be smuggling in Low Carb under the guise of mere calorie-restriction. (Although I agree it looks like carbs go to 150g daily after another 6-9 weeks...)
(found here https://insulinresistance.org/index.php/jir/article/view/8/11) they say:
A carbohydrate-restricted diet in diabetes therapy has the main objective of reducing patient exposure to too high a post-prandial blood glucose response to carbohydrate foods.22 This is achieved with a low-carbohydrate diet, which has been defined as one supplying ≤ 130 g carbohydrate a day. A long history of research led to a scientific case for their adoption in diabetes and obesity therapy (Box 3).
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@Dark Horse kindly provided this link to a presentation from Professor Roy Taylor on DiRECT (Diabetes REmission Clinical Trial): https://www.directclinicaltrial.org.uk/Documents/AAA FINAL DiRECT 12m results for IDF 2017.pdf
However, from slide 13 of the DiRECT pdf, the 12-20 weeks meal replacement for weight loss has energy distribution:
"830 kcal: 61%E carbohydrate, 13% fat, 26% protein"
Now, 61% of 830 is 506.3 and as carbs have 4 calories per gram, that makes 101.26g carbs daily.
Which is, actually, Liberal Low Carb, and well within the Unwin, Haslam and Livesey specification.
Perhaps this has already been pointed out somewhere, but DiRECT seems to be smuggling in Low Carb under the guise of mere calorie-restriction. (Although I agree it looks like carbs go to 150g daily after another 6-9 weeks...)