Is The Mediterranean Diet Good for Diabetic Patients?
Conclusion This study reinforces what has previously been well known- ie that benefits of a healthy lifestyle should not be ignored, despite recent discoveries of newer anti-diabetic drugs. All diabetic should understand that lifestyle changes are essential in the management of diabetes. In the long run, patients are much better off if the dietary advice they receive is more along the lines of a Mediterranean diet. However, even though the results of the above study are great, one has to be practical. The patients in the above study received intense nutritional support for a long time, something that is not normally available or affordable by most patients in North America. In the study, dietictans and nutritionists frequently emphasized diet and lifestyle changes. Whether similar advice from physicians only will deliver such good results remains to be seen. There is little doubt that the role of diet and lifestyles can have a marked improvement in diabetics. All diabetics need to know
