Higher fiber higher carbohydrate diets better than lower carbohydrate lower fiber diets for diabetes management: Rapid review with meta-analyses.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Some dietary recommendations continue to recommend carbohydrate restriction as a cornerstone of dietary advice for people with diabetes.

Purpose

We compared the cardiometabolic effects of diets higher in both fiber and carbohydrate with lower carbohydrate lower fiber diets in type 1 or type 2 diabetes.

Data sources

MEDLINE, Embase, and the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews up to June 24, 2024, with additional hand searching.

Study selection

Randomized controlled trials in which both dietary fiber and carbohydrate amount had been modified were identified from source evidence syntheses on carbohydrate amount in people with diabetes.

Data extraction

Two reviewers independently.

Data synthesis

Ten eligible trials including 499 partici

SUBMITTER: Reynolds AN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11611436 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature