New Professor Noakes Review: The Evidence for doctors prescribing a LCHF diet A very interesting 9 page review published recently in the British Medical Journal (you can read the PDF at http://ift.tt/2iV9FJl). From the review: _Imagine a obese (BMI=32 kg/m2 ) woman aged 57 years with other evidence for insulin resistance (IR), including hyperinsulinaemia and impaired glucose tolerance together with atherogenic dyslipidaemia (AD) (triglyceride (TG)=340 mg/dL (8.8 mmol/L), HDL-cholesterol (HDL-C)=42.4 mg/dL (1.1 mmol/L), LDL-cholesterol (LDL-C)=195 mg/dL (5.05 mmol/L)) who enters her family physician’s office. Frustrated with her poor health and progressive weight gain, on the advice of a friend, she has decided to begin a low-carbohydrate high-fat (LCHF) Atkins-type diet. How should her physician respond? What evidence does the physician require to make an informed decision?_ The aim of this review is not to argue whether LCHF diets are superior to other dietary strategies for any specific health outcome. Rather, we synthesise the evidence for the effects of LCHF diets on weight loss, glycaemic control, modification of cardiovascular risk factors as well as non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and its associated AD. Further, we address common concerns sometimes presented as reasons why LCHF diets should not be prescribed to any patient. Through this process, we hope to provide clinicians with additional evidence to inform their clinical decision-making, better to understand the potential benefits of these eating plans for at least some patients. See http://ift.tt/2iUsSZG
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