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Diet and diabetes: a cornerstone for therapy
Author(s) -
Pozzilli Paolo,
Fallucca Francesco
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
diabetes/metabolism research and reviews
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.307
H-Index - 110
eISSN - 1520-7560
pISSN - 1520-7552
DOI - 10.1002/dmrr.2512
Subject(s) - cornerstone , diabetes mellitus , type 2 diabetes , medicine , confounding , intensive care medicine , endocrinology , art , visual arts
Summary An appropriate diet represents the cornerstone for diabetes therapy. Diets that differ in their carbohydrate, lipid and protein content are used but the evidence of their effects on the long term is missing. Several confounding factors and compliance to diet render difficult the evaluation of the ‘best diet’ for diabetes. On a short run, however, useful indications can be obtained regarding the effective diets capable to optimize metabolic control in type 2 diabetes. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.