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# Is a ketogenic diet best for diabetics?
- URL: https://www.foodconsumer.org/ketogenic_diet_best_for_diabetics_0426110745/
- Published: 2011-04-26T08:38:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-15T13:13:48.000Z
- Description: Mount Sinai researchers reported in PLoS ONE that eight weeks on a ketogenic diet reversed markers of diabetic kidney damage in mice with type 1 and type 2 diabetes, though the damage visible under the microscope reversed only partly.
- Author: Food Consumer
- Tags: Diet, Nutrition, #vivvo-import

by Aimee Keenan-Greene

A [new study](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-13134292?ref=foodconsumer.org) in the journal [PLoS ONE ](http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0018604?ref=foodconsumer.org)says a controlled diet high in fat and low in carbohydrates can repair kidney damage in diabetic mice.

Researchers at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York say the ketogenic diet could reverse kidney tube damage from too much sugar in the blood.  
  
Scientists experiment with mice who had with both type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Once kidney damage had developed, half the mice were put on ketogenic diets for 8 weeks.   
  
The results, "Diabetic nephropathy, as indicated by albumin/creatinine ratios as well as expression of stress-induced genes, was completely reversed by 2 months maintenance on a ketogenic diet. However, histological evidence of nephropathy was only partly reversed. These studies demonstrate that diabetic nephropathy can be reversed by a relatively simple dietary intervention. Whether reduced glucose metabolism mediates the protective effects of the ketogenic diet remains to be determined."  
  
According to the [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention](http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/statistics/index.htm?ref=foodconsumer.org), nearly 24 million Americans are living with diabetes.   
  
An estimated 15,000 children are diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, and about 3,700 youth are diagnosed with type 2 annually in the U.S.  
  
Obese children are more likely to have risk factors associated with cardiovascular disease, such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and Type 2 diabetes, than are other children and adolescents, according to the CDC.  
  
Government estimates say 17 percent of children and adolescents ages 2-19 years are obese.

The [Rhode Island Department of Health](http://www.health.state.ri.us/healthrisks/childhoodobesity/?ref=foodconsumer.org) has some suggestions for what parents can do to help combat childhood obesity:

- Help kids eat smart and move more.
- Look for child care facilities, restaurants, and schools to provide and promote healthy foods and nutritional information.
- Encourage community planners and leaders should support access to fresh fruits and vegetables at farmers' markets, promote land uses that encourage walking, bicycling and support municipal recreational programs.

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