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The Dietary Management of Diabetes

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For years, diet was one of the few factors which could be manipulated to improve diabetic control. The discovery of insulin did little to stimulate new developments in diabetic dietary policy and could be said to have had the reverse effect. The last ten years, however, have witnessed a dramatic revival of interest in the dietary management of diabetes. It seems ironical that major changes should have awaited the advent of sulphonyl ureas, more sophisticated insulins, and the technology which can make near-perfect diabetic control a realistic goal, but this underlines the vital role played by diet in the management of diabetics. This chapter will review some of the evidence which has stimulated these dietary changes and will attempt to define foods for diabetics, which combine dietary efficacy with patient acceptability.

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Simpson, H.C.R., Mann, J.I. (1985). The Dietary Management of Diabetes. In: Draper, H.H. (eds) Advances in Nutritional Research. Advances in Nutritional Research, vol 7. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2529-1_2

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