THE TOP 10 MOST IMPORTANT NUTRITION AND LIFESTYLE RESEARCH ARTICLES OF 20014
Over the past year I’ve shared with you over seventy postings containing the most important research findings reported in the areas of nutrition, natural treatments, and lifestyle factors that we in Integrative Medicine believe are the best treatments now and for the future.
On this third day of our daily countdown please see #8 of my TOP 10 research articles of the year. The most important criteria that I considered for inclusion in the list was the study’s importance in changing our understanding or treatment approach to any disease. In 2014 the facts now show clearly that advising people to eat low fat and low salt is proving to be wrong. Sugar is the problem. Both Picks #1 and #2 for 2014 are on this same crucial topic. And today’s pick is another piece of evidence that eating a diet that avoids sugars is the healthy way to eat.
It is my hope that some reader(s) of my top 10 Research Articles of 2014 will take any of the information to heart and it can inspire them to enjoy better health in their lives. If I am of help to any reader in this way, my job will have been well done.
Thank you and HERE”S #8
New Study Shows Low Carb Diet Reduces Inflammation,Cardiovascular Risk
New research has shown that a low-carbohydrate diet, but not a low-fat diet, reduced inflammatory markers of cardiovascular disease risk.
A study just published in the journal Annals of Medicine compared a low-carbohydrate diet with a traditional low-fat diet in 61 patients with type 2 diabetes.It is known that patients with type 2 diabetes have higher levels of inflammation than those who do not have the disease, and it is believed that this contributes to the higher risk of cardiovascular disease and other complications diabetics are known to be prone to.
Patients in the study were diabetics who had elevated levels of inflammatory markers at the beginning of the study. After 6 months only patients in the low-carbohydrate group exhibited reduced levels of inflammatory markers in blood, despite the fact that weight loss was similar in both groups.Also of importance is that the glucose levels decreased more in the low-carbohydrate group compared to the low fat diet group.
The most commonly tested for and used “risk’ marker in physician’s offices is the Cardio CRP (C-Reactive Protein). It is a very valuable but underutilized addition to the standard general medical exam. Everyone should get this test and learn to improve this predictor of poor health in the future.
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