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Higher protein diet plus resistance exercise aids weight and fat loss in type 2 diabetics

By on 16 February 2010 in Diabetes/Metabolic Syndrome, Exercise and Activity, Food and Medical Politics, Healthy Eating, Low-Carbohydrate, Unhealthy Eating!, Weight Loss

Where weight and fat loss is concerned, I favour a relatively low-carbohydrate, high-protein diet on the basis that such diets generally outperform low-fat, carb-rich diets traditionally advocated for weight loss. A lower-carb diet I think may have particular advantages for diabetics because, well, they have difficulty handling carbohydrate as a result of impaired insulin function […]

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