"Effect of the Ketogenic Diet on the Prophylaxis and Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus: A Review of Meta-Analyses and Clinical Trials" (Dynka et al., 2023)

Dr. Lee Exactly. Many scientific studies have already reported the beneficial effects of the ketogenic diet on diabetes, and the evidence keeps accumulating. Today let's look at a few of those studies. The first paper is "Effect of the Ketogenic Diet on the Prophylaxis and Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus: A Review of the Meta-Analyses and Clinical Trials" (Dyńka et al., 2023).

Dr. Lee This study began by analyzing how many papers had been published on the topic of ketogenic diets and diabetes. As Figure 7-1 shows, before 2017 there were no more than ten papers per year. In 2018 the number suddenly exceeded twenty, and by 2020 there were about forty papers on type 2 diabetes and the ketogenic diet, and about twelve on type 1 diabetes. This sharp rise itself is evidence that the ketogenic diet works for diabetes — it shows that interest is growing among the public and that researchers are accumulating scientific evidence.

Zoe Wow — papers really started multiplying from 2018 onward. Maybe it is only natural that the public still does not know about the benefits of the ketogenic diet. The research itself is so recent.