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Plan: P:E/DDF
Stats: 225/150/169
BF:45%/28%/25%
Progress: 134%
Location: NC
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Study Trial Opens for Diabetes Patients in Canada.
http://www.nsnews.com/community/tri...ents-1.23058400
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The best treatment for Type 2 diabetes might be edible, according to at least one pharmacist.
Sean McKelvey, CEO of the Institute for Personalized Therapeutic Nutrition, is part of a clinical trial that aims to treat diabetes sufferers “just using food.”
The trial is a joint venture involving UBC and 13 Pharmasave outlets including a location in Caulfeild, West Vancouver.
“If blood sugar is normalized the need for medication disappears,” McKelvey explains. “The whole purpose of this is to demonstrate to people that Type 2 diabetes can actually be reversed.”
Type 2 diabetes is typically treated with tablets or insulin injections, McKelvey noted.
However, by restricting carbohydrates the patient goes through a transition where their blood sugar drops. It’s crucial that transition is overseen by medical professionals, McKelvey emphasized. However, that transition can also enable a patient to sometimes give
up medications.
“If we got 50 per cent in the trial we would be thrilled,” McKelvey said, adding there are almost no medical interventions where half the patients can give up their drugs.
The effects of low-carbohydrate diets on patents with Type 2 diabetes “have been nothing short of remarkable,” according to a 2013 scholarly article published by the National Center for Biotechnology Information.
Those effects include withdrawal from insulin and major weight loss, according to the article, titled Beyond Weight Loss: A Review of the Therapeutic Uses of Very-Low Carbohydrate Diets.
Both glucose control and systemic insulin sensitivity showed marked improvements, according to the study.
A study available through the website sciencedirect.com also noted the diet “has never shown side effects comparable with those seen in many drugs.”
Anyone interested in participating in the trial or finding more information can contact researchers at therapeutic.nutrition~ubc.ca.
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Links in article. Dateline Oct 7, 2017
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