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Content References:

1. Dietary carbohydrate restriction improves metabolic syndrome independent of weight loss. [PubMed]
2. Despite similar weight loss, low-carbohydrate diet delivers insulin reductions, smaller fat cells than low-fat diet. [Healio] [ScienceDirect]
3. The effect of a low-carbohydrate, ketogenic diet versus a low-glycemic index diet on glycemic control in type 2 diabetes mellitus. [NCBI]
4. Effectiveness and Safety of a Novel Care Model for the Management of Type 2 Diabetes at 1 Year: An Open-Label, Non-Randomized, Controlled Study. [PubMed]
5. Effects of a low-carbohydrate diet on glycemic control in outpatients with severe type 2 diabetes. [PubMed]
6. Insights from a general practice service evaluation supporting a lower carbohydrate diet in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and prediabetes: a secondary analysis of routine clinic data including HbA1c, weight and prescribing over 6 year. [BMJ]
7. Carbs against Cardio: More Evidence that Refined Carbohydrates, not Fats, Threaten the Heart. [Scientific American]
8. Dietary glycemic index, glycemic load and mortality: Japan Public Health Center-based prospective study. [PubMed]
9. Postprandial Blood Glucose Predicts Cardiovascular Events and All-Cause Mortality in Type 2 Diabetes in a 14-Year Follow-Up. [PubMed]
10. Association of Hemoglobin A1c with Cardiovascular Disease and  Mortality in Adults: The European Prospective Investigation into Cancer in Norfolk. [PubMed]
11. EASD: Elevated HbA1c Associated With Nonfatal CVD, Even in Nondiabetics. [Diabetes In Control] [EASD]
12. Glycemic Control and Coronary Heart Disease Risk in Persons With and Without Diabetes. [PubMed]