Has carbohydrate-restriction been forgotten as a treatment for diabetes mellitus? A perspective on the ACCORD study design

Prior to the discovery of medical treatment for diabetes, carbohydrate-restriction was the predominant treatment recommendation to treat diabetes mellitus. In this commentary we argue that carbohydrate-restriction should be reincorporated into contemporary treatment studies for diabetes mellitus.

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Autores principales: Westman, Eric C, Vernon, Mary C
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Commentary
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2315645/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18400080
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1743-7075-5-10
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spelling pubmed-23156452008-04-17 Has carbohydrate-restriction been forgotten as a treatment for diabetes mellitus? A perspective on the ACCORD study design Westman, Eric C Vernon, Mary C Nutr Metab (Lond) Commentary Prior to the discovery of medical treatment for diabetes, carbohydrate-restriction was the predominant treatment recommendation to treat diabetes mellitus. In this commentary we argue that carbohydrate-restriction should be reincorporated into contemporary treatment studies for diabetes mellitus. BioMed Central 2008-04-09 /pmc/articles/PMC2315645/ /pubmed/18400080 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1743-7075-5-10 Text en Copyright © 2008 Westman and Vernon; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Has carbohydrate-restriction been forgotten as a treatment for diabetes mellitus? A perspective on the ACCORD study design
title Has carbohydrate-restriction been forgotten as a treatment for diabetes mellitus? A perspective on the ACCORD study design
title_full Has carbohydrate-restriction been forgotten as a treatment for diabetes mellitus? A perspective on the ACCORD study design
title_fullStr Has carbohydrate-restriction been forgotten as a treatment for diabetes mellitus? A perspective on the ACCORD study design
title_full_unstemmed Has carbohydrate-restriction been forgotten as a treatment for diabetes mellitus? A perspective on the ACCORD study design
title_short Has carbohydrate-restriction been forgotten as a treatment for diabetes mellitus? A perspective on the ACCORD study design
title_sort has carbohydrate-restriction been forgotten as a treatment for diabetes mellitus? a perspective on the accord study design
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2315645/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18400080
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1743-7075-5-10
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