Trial reportNutrients2020
The Effect of a Low GI Diet on Truncal Fat Mass and Glycated Hemoglobin in South Indians with Type 2 Diabetes-A Single Centre Randomized Prospective Study.
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 24 citations in OpenAlex.
- A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of RCTs Assessing Efficacy of Lifestyle Interventions on Glycemic Control in South Asian Adults with Type 2 Diabetes.Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Pooled it
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- Effects of lifestyle interventions on cardiovascular risk factors in South Asians: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ open · 2022Pooled it
- Low-Glycemic Index Diets as an Intervention in Metabolic Diseases: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Nutrients · 2022Pooled it
- Effect of low glycaemic index or load dietary patterns on glycaemic control and cardiometabolic risk factors in diabetes: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2021Pooled it
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- Optimizing Nutrition Strategies for Diabetes Management in India: An Expert Opinion.Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy · 2026Article
- How diet therapy affects obesity-associated depressive symptoms: from mechanism to therapeutics.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2026Review
- Effects of 12 nutritional interventions on type 2 diabetes: a systematic review with network meta-analysis of randomized trials.Nutrition & metabolism · 2025Article
- The importance of patient engagement in the multimodal treatment of MASLD.Communications medicine · 2025Review
- Global regional, and national burden of type 2 diabetes attributable to dietary factors from 1990 to 2021.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- The effectiveness of a community-based online low-glycaemic index diet and lifestyle recommendations intervention for people with type 2 diabetes: a randomized controlled trial.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2025Article
- The role of low glycemic index and load diets in medical nutrition therapy for type 2 diabetes: an update.Hormones (Athens, Greece) · 2024Review
- Review
- Culturally Tailored Dietary Interventions for Improving Glycaemic Control and Preventing Complications in South Asians with Type 2 Diabetes: Success and Future Implications.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Comparative efficacy of different eating patterns in the management of type 2 diabetes and prediabetes: An arm-based Bayesian network meta-analysis.Journal of diabetes investigation · 2023Article
- South Indian Cuisine with Low Glycemic Index Ingredients Reduces Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Subjects with Type 2 Diabetes.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Destigmatizing Carbohydrate with Food Labeling: The Use of Non-Mandatory Labelling to Highlight Quality Carbohydrate Foods.Nutrients · 2020Review
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6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundThere has been no previous study that has investigated the effect of a low glycemic index (LGI) diet with local recipes of South Indian cuisine on the body fat composition using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA). Truncal obesity has been associated with the risk of metabolic disorders and cardiovascular diseases.
aimThe aim of this study was to examine the effect of a low GI diet on glycemic control and body composition in people with type 2 diabetes in South India.
methodThis was a prospective and randomized controlled study that was conducted over a period of 24 weeks. A total of 40 participants were recruited from the Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes Outpatient in Kerala, South India. All the patients had type 2 diabetes and were randomly assigned and given advice and instructions to follow either a low GI diet plan (
resultsThere were significant reductions (
conclusionThis study has demonstrated that there was a significant reduction (
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