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Article: Low-carb diets are okay for diabetic patients, ADA says: practice guidelines updated for 2008.(News)(American Diabetes Association)
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- Internal Medicine News
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- January 1, 2008
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New guidance from the American Diabetes Association gives a green light to the use of low-carbohydrate diets as a weight-control measure for patients with diabetes.
As part of the ADA's annual update of its clinical practice recommendations, the organization has dropped its formerly restrictive stance on low-carbohydrate diets.
The 2008 guidelines also revise guidance on prediabetes testing, metformin use, hypoglycemia prevention, and other topics.
Although the ADA still does not endorse low-carbohydrate diets for weight loss or diabetes management, the association has removed from its nutrition guidelines a recommendation against diets that ...