Australian Women’s Weekly NZ

The new diabetes diet

For more than 20 years, the CSIRO has been conducting research into the role of nutritional factors and the effects of higher-protein, lower-carbohydrate dietary approaches for weight and health management.

The CSIRO Low-Carb Diabetes Diet & Lifestyle Solution is a plan designed to help those with pre-diabetes and type 2 diabetes understand the condition, and take practical steps to comprehensively improve their health and wellbeing through a complete diet and exercise solution that has been scientifically developed and proven.

The diet

An energy controlled, nutritionally complete plan based on eating whole, nutrient-dense core foods that provides 50-70 grams of high-quality carbohydrate a day, with proportionally balanced amounts of protein and healthy fats to meet your individual needs. This amount of carbohydrate is equivalent to 3-4 pieces of bread, about 1 cup of rice, or 2 cups of fresh fruit salad. As with any changes to your lifestyle, implementing the low-carb

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