Low-carb diets may benefit Type 2 diabetes patients, report says

LONDON Low-carb diets similar to the Atkins Diet may help people with Type 2 diabetes improve glycemic control, according to new research published last month in the journal Nutrition & Metabolism.

“The diet lower in carbohydrate led to greater improvements in glycemic control and more frequent medication reduction/elimination than the low glycemic index diet,” researchers said. “Lifestyle modification using low carbohydrate interventions is effective for improving and reversing Type 2 diabetes.”

In related news, Atkins Nutritionals recently unveiled a new ad campaign featuring actress Courtney Thorne-Smith as spokeswoman, according to a report in BrandWeek published earlier this week.

Print ads are slated to run in the January editions of People, Shape and US Weekly and bear the tagline: “Sweet, Sexy, Science.” The campaign also includes online components, such as banner ads running on ABC.com, Yahoo! and the Hungry Girl blog, the marketing trade journal reported.