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My mothers doctor advised her to try Atkins to help control her diabetes, and reduce her need for diabetic medications. She's lost some weight, but more importantly, she has better control of her blood sugar (and hasn't been hospitalized in a quite a while).
Atkins makes sense, here. Complex carbohydrates break down into sugars, so diabetics should avoid them. On the other hand, I've also read that cutting off your carbohydrate intake completely affects insulin production and that there has been a correlation between people who cut off carbs and having diabetes later in life. There are also indications that high protein, low carb diets stress out your kidneys which is not the best idea for someone who is a diabetic.
Not to mention the fun that begins when you've cut out all those foods that are high in fiber because you fear carbs.... (and consume so much delicious cheese!)
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