NYT Article: 'How a Low-Carb Diet Might Aid People with Type 1 Diabetes'

After obtaining ethics approval from Boston Children’s Hospital, and as led by Dr. Belinda Lennerz, we and our collaborators studied about 300 members of the TypeOneGrit Facebook group, including adults and parents of children with T1DM. To conduct our study with as much rigor as possible, we also contacted diabetes care providers and obtained medical records: 1) to confirm that our participants actually had T1DM; and 2) to verify the laboratory tests and other clinical outcomes.

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Diakat said:

Interesting article. I need to go and read the original paper as I find myself with questions about how low is low in this case.

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Participants had a mean daily carbohydrate intake of 36 ± 15 g. Reported mean HbA1c was 5.67% ± 0.66%. Only 7 (2%) respondents reported diabetes-related hospitalizations in the past year, including 4 (1%) for ketoacidosis and 2 (1%) for hypoglycemia.

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bamba said:

Wasn't Dr Bernstein himself originally an engineer ?

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