normal blood sugars andhow to achieve them

‘High blood sugar is the hallmark of diabetes and the cause of every long-term complication of the disease’ Dr. Richard Bernstein

‘Diabetes is clearly a disease of poor sugar metabolism and sugar (i.e. carbohydrate) is the dietary source of this imbalance.’ Dr. Wolfgang Lutz

‘Type 2 diabetes is a disease of carbohydrate overload’ Dr. Chris Allan

‘Replacing carbohydrates with saturated fat has a beneficial effect on blood sugar and cardiovascular health’ Dr. Jeff Volek, University of Connecticut

78 units per day

75% reduction

traditional diet

normal glucose

our evolutionary history

DIABETES

‘ The fallacy that eating fat will make you fat is about as scientifically logical as saying that eating tomatoes will turn you red.’

Dr Richard Bernstein

15%

20%

September 2000 September 2007‘traditional diet’ low carbohydrate diet

HbA1c 7.6 HbA1c 4.6

Cholesterol ratio 2.6 Cholesterol ratio 1.7

Body Mass Index 28.9 Body Mass Index 21.8

Triglyceride 1.7 Triglyceride 0.6

HDL cholesterol 1.7 HDL cholesterol 3.0

LDL cholesterol 2.4 LDL cholesterol 1.8