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

[kokhongw]

Here his Dr David Ludwig's take on the reason for the study...
https://www.drdavidludwig.com/type1-diabetes/

It is essentially a study of the Typeonegrit group led by RD Dikeman and Dr Bernstein.

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.

 

[kokhongw]

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.

http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2018/05/03/peds.2017-3349

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.

 

[Brunneria]

Wasn't Dr Bernstein himself originally an engineer ?

Yes. He spent the first couple of decades of his career in engineering, then went to medical school in his 40s and has been running a diabetes clinic for the last few decades. He is now in his 80s, I believe.