When your carb intake is incredibly low and glucose is not available for energy, the body goes into a metabolic state called where it breaks down fat for energy instead. In this state, the body uses ketone bodies for energy instead of glucose up until you start eating carbohydrates once again. Keto and diabetes: what the research states Since the keto diet plan limits carbohydrates, it makes sense that it would reduce blood sugar level. A 2017 research study compared 2 online interventions for overweight adults
with type 2 diabetes where one group followed a low-carbohydrate ketogenic diet and the other followed a program based on the American Diabetes Association's" Develop Your Plate "diet plan. After 32 weeks, or about 7 months, the keto group lost more weight and had lower A1C and triglyceride levels. Another research study compared a low-carbohydrate diet plan (less than 20 grams/day from carbohydrates) to a low-glycemic, reduced-calorie diet(500-calorie per day deficit)in obese adults with type 2 diabetes. Both groups had actually improved blood sugar control and weight reduction, however the low-carb group saw much better blood sugar level control. View Details leads to weight loss, which alone can improve blood glucose control, but this study found that the low-carb group had actually enhanced blood sugar level control independent of weight-loss.