Why were "starvation diets" promoted for diabetes in the pre-insulin period?

Nutrition Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Mazur, Allan ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

CALORIC RESTRICTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC PATIENT; DIET RESTRICTION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MALNUTRITION; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; STARVATION; WELLBEING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DIABETIC DIET; DIET THERAPY; DOG; GLUCOSURIA; HISTORY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC DIET; DOGS; FASTING; GLYCOSURIA; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INSULIN; NEW YORK CITY; STARVATION;

EID: 79952461068     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2891-10-23     Document Type: Review

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