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Dietary Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus in the Pre-Insulin Era (1914-1922)
- Perspectives in Biology and Medicine
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Volume 49, Number 1, Winter 2006
- pp. 77-83
- 10.1353/pbm.2006.0017
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Before the discovery of insulin, one of the most common dietary treatments of diabetes mellitus was a high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet. A review of Frederick M. Allen's case histories shows that a 70% fat, 8% carbohydrate diet could eliminate glycosuria among hospitalized patients. A reconsideration of the role of the high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet for the treatment of diabetes mellitus is in order.