- Title
- The importance of Banting research and why withholding it costs us lives:
- Creator
- Remsing, Sandra
- Creator
- Viljoen, Janet
- Creator
- Christie, Candice J
- Date Issued
- 2015
- Date
- 2015
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/143672
- Identifier
- vital:38272
- Identifier
- https://ischp.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/ischp_2015_abstract_booklet.pdf
- Description
- Increased attention is being paid to the low-carbohydrate, high-fat diet, (LCHF) or ‘Banting diet’, as an effective method of managing insulin resistance and type ll diabetes. Randomised controlled trials have shown benefit, and anecdotes support the need for further investigation. Considering the prevalence and severity of type ll diabetes, effective non-pharmaceutical treatment options, such as LCHF, are crucial. However, current guidelines do not include the LCHF lifestyle, and in fact this option is generally opposed by the medical profession. Given the evidence, ignoring an alternative treatment must be considered an injustice to patients. This paper will present the opposing theories for the lifestyle treatment of type II diabetes, in particular, and critically argue that medical and scientific opposition to research into and application of an alternative treatment for insulin resistant individuals may be harmful rather than helpful.
- Format
- Language
- English
- Relation
- International Society of Critical Health Psychology (ISCHP)
- Relation
- Remsing, S, Villjoen, J and Christie, C, 2015. The importance of Banting research and why withholding it costs us lives. International Society of Critical Health Psychology (ISCHP). 9th Biennial Conference, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
- Relation
- International Society of Critical Health Psychology (ISCHP) volume 2015 number 0 2015
- Rights
- Publisher
- Rights
- Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Rhodes University Proatia Statement (https://www.ru.ac.za//governance/proatia/)
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