{"id":49541,"date":"2011-05-27T13:28:52","date_gmt":"2011-05-27T18:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=49541"},"modified":"2011-05-27T13:29:47","modified_gmt":"2011-05-27T18:29:47","slug":"how-diabetes-risk-drops-without-weight-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/05\/how-diabetes-risk-drops-without-weight-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"How Diabetes Risk Drops Without Weight Loss"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>If I told you that eating less would cut your diabetes risk<\/a><\/strong>, you would think I’m stating the obvious. However, if I told you that the reason for this wasn’t due to weight loss, then I’d probably get your attention.<\/p>\n

According to a new study, small dietary changes, even if they don’t result in weight loss, can reduce your risk of diabetes.<\/p>\n

The researchers took 69 people who were at risk for diabetes and overweight and fed them a diet of only slightly reduced fat<\/a><\/strong> and carb intake for eight weeks. They were split into two groups: one with lower fat, the other lower carbs.<\/p>\n

The study concluded that limiting one’s daily fat intake to about 27 percent of your diet can lower diabetes risk long-term.<\/p>\n

“At eight weeks, the group on the lower-fat diet<\/a><\/strong> had significantly higher insulin secretion and better glucose tolerance and tended to have higher insulin sensitivity,” says lead author Barbara Gower, a nutrition sciences professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Since the researchers found that diabetes risk was lowered, regardless of weight loss, it’s what you eat that matters most – and you don’t have to make drastic changes.<\/p>\n

“What is important about our study is that the results suggest that attention to diet quality, not quantity, can make a difference in risk for type 2 diabetes<\/a><\/strong>,” says Gower.<\/p>\n

(via: US News & World Report<\/a><\/strong>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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