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August 11, 2016
PEOPLE living with type 2
diabetes are being advised to
be wary of social media hype
about the benefits of the “paleo
diet,” University of Melbourne
researcher Associate Professor Sof
Andrikopoulos warns.
Writing in the Medical Journal of
Australia, Andrikopoulos said that
while there is a proliferation of
websites pushing the paleo diet for
diabetes patients, there is little or
no high quality evidence to support
the recommendation.
“There have been only two trials
worldwide of people with type
2 diabetes on what looks to be a
paleo diet,”he said.
“Both studies had fewer than 20
participants, one had no control
diet, and at 12 weeks or less,
neither study lasted long enough
for us to draw solid conclusions
about the impact on weight or
glycaemic control.”
Evidence supports the
Mediterranean diet: olive oil, fats
from fish, legumes and low refined
sugar, he said.
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