HCLF for T2D

Goonergal said:

Please can I remind everyone that this thread is about the suitability of HCLF for type 2 diabetes. Discussions of other ways of eating without reference to the OP should be taken to another thread.

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The following paper is a meta analysis carried out by nutritionists comparing various low carb, very lo carb. ultra low calorie diets against HCLF diets.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1933287419302673

Lotties said:

Yes, read VERY carefully...
Meta analyses, by their very nature include a lot of poor studies.
It includes advice for people with liver disease not to go on a VLCHF diet.
We need to assess all aspects of our own diets and try to get a good 80% right for our own circumstances.

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Agree. I did not comment so that others can reach their own conclusions, But you are correct that some of the included studies may be weak or biassed, and this paper is more of an editorial and is not the actual report itself, which they have not included. The proper report should detail what the analysis does to reduce confounding issues, and what weight is given to the different reports. Having said that, they do include a one liner that mentions Forrest plots indirectly, and gave the correct definition of how to interpret the results. But they do not show those plots so we are none the wiser.

So yes, regard this with caution, At the start of it, the raw data is mostly from food questionaires that are approximations to nutrition intake so rely on estimates. The two trias with the double water technique intrigues me. Seem to be like the Kelvin water baths we used at school - only bigger calorimeters. (proper baths!)