Effect of carbohydrate restriction on lipoprotein abnormalities in maturity-onset diabetes mellitus |
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Authors: | James E. Thomson Ian N. Scobie Fiona Ballantyne Anne Smith William G. Manderson Angus C. MacCuish |
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Affiliation: | (1) Diabetic Department, Royal Infirmary, Glasgow |
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Abstract: | Summary Hyperlipoproteinemia occurs commonly in diabetics and may contribute to early atherosclerosis in these patients. The effect of dietary carbohydrate restriction on lipid abnormalities has been examined in 42 newly diagnosed maturity-onset diabetics, in whom plasma lipoproteins were measured before treatment was started and at regular intervals during ten months of dietary therapy. Twenty-four patients (57%) had abnormal lipids when diabetes was first diagnosed. Nine were classed as Type II and 15 as Type IV hyperlipoproteinemia. Plasma lipids reverted to normal in half these patients after dietary treatment for one month. Only 8 diabetics (19%) showed persistent lipid abnormality after ten months’ treatment: all had been unable to diet satisfactorily as judged by persisting obesity and hyperglycemia. The common lipoprotein abnormalities of maturity-onset diabetes can usually be returned to normal by the simplest possible carbohydrate-restricted diet, if patients adhere to this. Specialized and complex diets or lipid-lowering drugs are unnecessary in the majority of patients. |
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Keywords: | Diet Hyperlipoproteinemias Maturity-onset diabetes mellitus Obesity |
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