Not all very-low-carbohydrate diets are created equal. Reply to Conte C, Camajani E, Lai A, Caprio M [letter]

Andrew N Reynolds^{1

2}, Hana Kahleova^{3

4}, Matti Uusitupa⁵, Kjeld Hermansen⁶, Anne-Marie Aas^{7

8}, Ursula Schwab^{5

9}, Michael E J Lean¹⁰, Andreas Pfeiffer¹¹, Jordi Salas-Salvadó^{12

13}, Jim I Mann^{14

15}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. andrew.reynolds@otago.ac.nz.
² Edgar Diabetes and Obesity Research Centre, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. andrew.reynolds@otago.ac.nz.
³ Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, Washington, DC, USA.
⁴ Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Diabetes Centre, Praha, Czech Republic.
⁵ School of Medicine, Institute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.
⁶ Department of Endocrinology and Internal Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.
⁷ Division of Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
⁸ Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
⁹ Department of Medicine, Endocrinology and Human Nutrition, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland.
¹⁰ Department of Human Nutrition, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Nursing, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
¹¹ Department of Endocrinology Diabetes and Nutrition, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
¹² Departament de Bioquímica i Biotecnologia, Institut d'Investigació Sanitària Pere Virgili, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain.
¹³ CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBER Obn), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
¹⁴ Department of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
¹⁵ Edgar Diabetes and Obesity Research Centre, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.

Comment

Andrew N Reynolds et al. Diabetologia. 2023 Sep.

. 2023 Sep;66(9):1754-1755.

doi: 10.1007/s00125-023-05963-y. Epub 2023 Jul 6.

¹ Department of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. andrew.reynolds@otago.ac.nz.
² Edgar Diabetes and Obesity Research Centre, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. andrew.reynolds@otago.ac.nz.
³ Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, Washington, DC, USA.
⁴ Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Diabetes Centre, Praha, Czech Republic.
⁵ School of Medicine, Institute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.
⁶ Department of Endocrinology and Internal Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.
⁷ Division of Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
⁸ Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
⁹ Department of Medicine, Endocrinology and Human Nutrition, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland.
¹⁰ Department of Human Nutrition, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Nursing, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
¹¹ Department of Endocrinology Diabetes and Nutrition, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
¹² Departament de Bioquímica i Biotecnologia, Institut d'Investigació Sanitària Pere Virgili, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain.
¹³ CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBER Obn), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
¹⁴ Department of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
¹⁵ Edgar Diabetes and Obesity Research Centre, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.

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Comment on

Not all very-low-carbohydrate diets are created equal.
Conte C, Camajani E, Lai A, Caprio M. Conte C, et al. Diabetologia. 2023 Sep;66(9):1752-1753. doi: 10.1007/s00125-023-05961-0. Epub 2023 Jul 5. Diabetologia. 2023. PMID: 37402834 No abstract available.

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