Can you name any specific Mediterranean-style weight-loss programs designed for overweight people with type 2 diabetes?
Why is this important? 85%of people with type 2 diabetes are overweight. Cardiovascular disease (e.g, heart attacks and strokes) is unusually common in people with diabetes. People with diabetes are also more prone to develop age-related cognitive impairment and dementia. The Mediterranean diet has been shown to reduce the incidence of cardiovascular disease and dementia in non-diabetics, as well as to reduce the incidence of type 2 diabetes.
So it would make sense to combine the Mediterranean diet with a weight-loss program for overweight people with diabetes.
Thanks for your input. My patients are waiting.
-Steve Parker, M.D.
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Agreed. I think it's a great eating pattern that many more people should adopt.
ReplyMy SO has type-2 and we are adding in the Mediterranean eating into our habit and it has helped.
Replydroped from two hb pills to one and losing weight. Exercise is limited to short walks, but progress is good.
I think the Mediterranean diet is a good start, but sadly, nowadays most people in the Mediterranean, like the Cretans, eat a lot of Western food and they're getting fat and unhealthy just like us Americans.
Peace.
Reply-Gerry
Hi Steve!
What you’re looking for is the Zone. It's a clinically proven anti-inflammatory diet and lifestyle that takes the basic Mediterranean diet steps farther. It limits grains more the traditional Mediterranean diet. The Zone was designed for both diabetics and CHD patients, and became main stream very quickly because of its pleasant side effect, the loss of excess stored body fat. The original testing of it was done with groups of type 2 diabetics. With the Zone diet, you eat moderate amounts of lean protein, veggies and fruits and monounsaturated fats to maintain a stable blood sugar level, which results in controlling insulin at low levels. This together with modulating eicosanoids by supplementing with ultra-refined EPA and DHA concentrates creates powerful cascade of positive changes in the body. Grains are treated as condiments, to be eaten in very small amounts, if at all. The diet is easy for people to do and is sustainable for a lifetime. Meals and snacks are very satisfying, no hunger or deprivation involved. I've been eating this way for almost 15 years. You owe it to you patients to take a close look at the Zone.
ReplyThanks for all the comments! I got a copy of Zone a couple years ago. I'll find time to read it now.
-Steve
Replythe Zone diet is also great for on the go, on the spot meal visualization as well. i love the tips and tricks it gives you.
ReplyI agree! I find it very easy to do anywhere. My whole family's been eating this way for many years.
ReplyThe Sonoma Diet is based on the Mediterranean Diet. eDiets has a Mediterranean menu amongst their choices. The books The Mediterranean Prescription and The Mediterrasian Diet (I think that's what the latter is called) are both good books. I believe they have sites, too, that you can go to.
ReplyThe Zone Diet recommends 40% of energy intake from carbohydrates. Most people in Western cultures eat 55-60% carbs.
Dietary carbohydrates are the main determinant of blood sugar levels. So the Zone would be expected to reduce blood glucose levels in people with diabetes.
-Steve
ReplyI'm reading in the scientific literature that reducing carbohydrate intake helps control blood sugar levels. Carbs are, after all, the main stimulant for release of insulin by the pancreas gland.
As part of my own adaptation of the Mediterranean diet, I've composed the Ketogenic Mediterranean Diet. It's available free here:
http://diabeticmediterraneandiet.com/ketogenic-mediterranean-diet/
-Steve
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