这种将近世纪的饮食饮食的根源是治疗癫痫，近年来已经获得了更多的吸引力 - 主要是通过与阿特金斯饮食的相似之处 - 它似乎在最近出版后再次兴起蒸汽学习在营养和糖尿病found that this low carb diet helped successfully manage the effects of type 2 diabetes in certain patients, while significantly reducing their weight and BMI.

Finding keystones in ketones

在1920年代，研究人员发现，在癫痫患者中，癫痫发作的频率和强度可以通过饿死其首选能源的身体（碳水化合物或完全简单的糖）来控制。他们还发现，采用非常低的碳水化合物，高脂肪和中等蛋白质饮食的患者也看到了新陈代谢的意外转变。他们减肥并燃烧脂肪。饮食自然会导致人体产生酮，这是脂肪分解过程中形成的副产品，在没有碳水化合物的情况下，人体将其用于能量。这种“生酮”饮食几十年来主要是针对小儿癫痫的治疗疗法，直到敏锐的科学家注意到其与阿特金斯的相似性，并在2000年代后期开始吹捧其磅分的特性。

控制碳水化合物的案例

长期以来，碳水化合物一直是健康和营养界的争论源。从亲碳水化合物到慢速碳水化合物到低碳水化合物或无碳水化合物，都有关于这些混乱分子在我们的饮食中应发挥多大作用的竞争想法。

这s最近的研究将强力粒子进行测试，发现虽然并不总是更多，但限制碳水化合物的摄入量可能最终可能对许多疾病产生积极，广泛的影响。这项研究是有34个超重（BMI> 25）成年人，患有2型糖尿病或糖尿病前的成年人，将两种流行的碳水化合物限制饮食彼此降低：低碳水化合物酮酮（LCK）和中等的碳水化合物，碳水化合物，限制性碳水化合物，低脂（MCCR）。

Twelve months into the study, the results were remarkably in favor of the ketogenic diet.

参与者被分配给其中一种饮食，每周课程旨在指导他们的许多生活方式选择，包括正念，睡眠和运动。研究人员通过各种参数（包括糖尿病血液标记，体重和使用糖尿病药物等）来监测每个参与者的进步。在研究十二个月后，结果非常有利于生酮饮食，与MCCR饮食相比，LCK组的参与者经历了糖尿病血液标记降低，体重显着损失和BMI的降低。生酮节食者平均也会减少对糖尿病药物的依赖，即使没有将其全部停止。

Reviving a dead diet?

While it is hard to deny the well-documented benefits the ketogenic diet offers — historically in epilepsy and now in diabetes — it is worth noting that inUS News & World Report’sreview of 2018 diets, the ketogenic diet came in dead last as a sustainable means for weight loss due, in large part, to its very restrictive nature. In addition, researchers worry about the long-term effects such a diet could have on cholesterol; six months into the study, results showed an increase in LDL cholesterol levels in the ketogenic dieters that were more significant than in their MCCR counterparts. While this difference was only significant at the halfway mark, it may raise some concerns about overall cardiovascular health.

It is clear that nutritional management plays a vital role in treating those with diabetes and pre-diabetes, and there is certainly merit in the weight-loss component of a low-carbohydrate diet. However, research also shows that adopting a more moderate diet with balanced macro and micro-nutrients, like the top-rated Mediterranean and DASH diets, is ultimately more sustainable in managing and maintaining a healthy weight. So, at just two weeks into this new year, before you ditch the pasta for the pork chop, you may want to consider just how long-term your new year’s weight-loss resolutions might be!