A new report, by the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) and co-badged with Diabetes UK, has reviewed the evidence on lower carbohydrate for adults with type 2 diabetes. The report compares the effects of lower with higher carbohydrate diets on weight, blood sugar management, blood fats and medication use. The conclusions and recommendations of the report are based on a robust assessment of the evidence from randomised controlled trials.

SACN has concluded that:

For adults living with type 2 diabetes and overweight or obesity, there are beneficial effects of a lower carbohydrate diet for up to six months for some of the outcomes considered, including improving blood sugar management.

Overall, the quality of the evidence was not strong enough to recommend a lower carbohydrate diet for longer than six months.

People on lower carbohydrate diets lost more weight than those on higher carbohydrate diets in the first three months, but not after, so it’s unclear if the benefits of a lower carbohydrate diet are due to this early weight loss.

During this 60-minute webinar, Mr Douglas Twenefour (Diabetes UK), Co-Chair of the joint working group on lower carbohydrate diets for adults with type 2 diabetes, will discuss the evidence assessed in the SACN report, the basis of the conclusions drawn on the range of outcomes considered, as well as the recommendations and their practical implications. Mr Twenefour will also discuss the research recommendations arising from the limitations and gaps identified in the evidence base.

Continuing Professional Development (CPD)

This webinar has been endorsed by the Association for Nutrition (AfN) (EN175).

Douglas Twenefour, RD MPhil PG Dip

Douglas Twenefour is a Specialist Dietitian with over 14 years of clinical experience. He is the Deputy Head of Care at Diabetes UK, and an Associate Lecturer at London Metropolitan University.

Douglas was the co-chair of the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) joint working group investigating lower carbohydrate diets for adults with type 2 diabetes. With a passion for developing evidence-based guidelines and consensus, he co-chaired the 2018 Diabetes UK nutrition guidelines working group. He is also a member of an expert group of the American Diabetes Association (ADA), Diabetes UK and the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) currently developing an international consensus on the definition and interpretation of remission in type 2 diabetes.

As a professional member of the British Dietetic Association (BDA), Douglas is also a committee member of the BDA’s Diabetes Specialist Group.

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