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Dietary strategies for adult type 1 diabetes in light of outcome evidence

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition volume 69, pages 285–290 (2015)Cite this article

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Individuals who have type 1 diabetes need individualised medical nutrition therapies whose goals are to improve overall health and metabolic outcomes. However, interventions in the field of nutrition are challenging, as diet-related correlations with disease remain difficult to detect and the certainty of outcome in this area is elusive. Currently, patients are not meeting recommended dietary guidelines. Several alternative approaches for teaching meal planning to people with diabetes have been proposed: basic nutrition guidelines, basic diabetes guidelines, menu approaches to meal planning, exchange lists for meal planning and carbohydrate counting. The review provides an overview of suggested strategies for achieving the proposed goals and summarises evidence of outcomes.

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Matteucci, E., Giampietro, O. Dietary strategies for adult type 1 diabetes in light of outcome evidence. Eur J Clin Nutr 69, 285–290 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/ejcn.2014.214

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