Can a Keto Diet help bring blood sugar below prediabetes levels?

Half of one study’s keto group moved out of the prediabetes range after slimming down. The study compared the Keto Diet with two other eating plans. It included 55 people with obesity and poor metabolic health. That means they had problems with measures such as blood sugar and blood fats. Researchers assigned people by chance to three closely matched groups. Seventeen followed Keto Diet, and 18 followed Mediterranean Diet. Another 20 followed a very low-fat Plant-Based Diet. The groups had similar starting health measures, making comparisons more useful. After Weight loss, 50% of the keto group no longer met the prediabetes cutoff. The figures were 29% for the Mediterranean group and 7% for the plant-based group. Prediabetes means blood sugar is above normal but below the diabetes range. The liver findings also favored the keto group. Both keto and Mediterranean groups made fewer Triglycerides, a type of fat, in their livers. The plant-based group did not show that drop. The keto group had the largest decrease. This measure is not the same as a routine blood test result. These results are promising, but the study was small. The supplied report does not say how long the changes lasted. It also does not show whether the same results apply without slimming down. For BioSocial members, the useful takeaway is to compare more than scale changes. Dated bloodwork and notes about eating habits can help put personal trends in context. Sharing those details gives the community more to compare than a diet label alone. What changes have you seen in your blood sugar numbers while following Keto Diet?