In people recently diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, eating lots of olive oil, fish and whole grains slows progression of the disease more than restricting fat. [s]Reuters Health[/s] reports that in a trial that followed participants for more than eight years, those following a so-called [b]Mediterranean diet[/b] went significantly longer before needing diabetes medication and more of them had their diabetes go into remission, compared to those on a low-fat diet. ‘There’s been lots of epidemiology suggesting that a Mediterranean diet was beneficial with metabolic syndrome and diabetes,’ commented Dr Leanne Olansky, an endocrinologist who was not involved in the study. ‘But this was a randomised controlled trial, so we know it really was the diet causing the results… Cutting calories is important, and cutting fat is an easy way to cut calories, but according to this study, maintaining the right levels of healthy fats is important.' The study was published in the journal [s]Annals of Internal Medicine[/s].
[link url=http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/04/17/us-mediterranean-diet-diabetes-idUSBREA3G2C820140417]Full Reuters Health report[/link]
[link url=http://annals.org/article.aspx?articleid=1811025&resultClick=3]AIM abstract[/link]