Diabetic Mediterranean Diet
In 2009, I started working working on a comprehensive adapation of the healthy Mediterranean diet that would be suitable for people with type 2 diabetes and prediabetes. It’s available now. My original plan was to call it the Diabetic Mediterranean Diet, and you may find it on the Internet as version 1.0. In July, 2010, I modified it and re-named it the Low-Carb Mediterranean Diet, version 2.0 Its foundation is the Ketogenic Mediterranean Diet, a very low-carb weight-loss diet that can be followed by both diabetics and non-diabetics.
The links above are to free documents. Both programs are also in my latest book, Conquer Diabetes and Prediabetes: The Low-Carb Mediterranean Diet, published in 2011. The book provides recipes, a week of menus, instruction on exercise, discussion of all available diabetic medications, advice on prevention of weight regain, lists of delicious doctor-approved foods, 71 scientific references, an annotated bibliography, and an index. All measurements are given both in U.S. customary and metric units. It’s available at Amazon.com, the Kindle Store, and Smashwords (multiple e-book formats).
Many Ketogenic Mediterranean dieters are interested in expanding their carbohydrate options and consumption. The Low-Carb Mediterranean Diet does that while aiming to control both excess weight and high blood sugar levels in diabetics, prediabetics, and people with metabolic syndrome. Non-diabetics on the KMD may continue with it or move on to the Low-Carb Mediterranean Diet if they wish.
The Low-Carb Mediterranean Diet (LCMD) is the world’s first published low-carbohydrate Mediterranean diet, by the way. How low-carb? The KMD supplies about 5% of energy (calories) as carbohydrate; the LCMD goes to the 10–20% range. [By way of reference, most people eat around 55% of caloric intake as carbs.]
My goal with the Low-Carb Mediterranean Diet project has been to help my personal patients with type 2 diabetes gain the health benefits of the traditional Mediterranean diet: longer lifespan and lower rates of heart attack, stroke, cancer, and dementia, for example. It’s my sincere hope that it benefits others as well.
Disclaimer: All matters regarding your health require supervision by a personal physician or other appropriate health professional familiar with your current health status. Always consult your personal physician before making any dietary or exercise changes.
Last page modification date: March 27, 2011
