Top in endocrinology: Myths of ‘carb-phobia’; testosterone therapy has its limits
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The recommendation that people living with diabetes should avoid carbohydrates is misguided, according to a speaker at the Lifestyle Medicine Conference.
These patients consider a plant-based, individualized nutrition plan paired with “optimistic coaching,” they suggested.
It was the top story in endocrinology last week.
The second top story was about how 12 months of testosterone replacement therapy did not improve metabolic dysfunction associated with steatotic liver disease in older men.
Read these and more top stories in endocrinology below:
Dispel myths of ‘carb-phobia’ with personalized, plant-centered diabetes nutrition
People living with diabetes have the same nutrient needs as all well-nourished people, yet food is often a main source of stress or even disordered eating, according to a speaker at the Lifestyle Medicine Conference. Read more.
Testosterone replacement does not improve steatotic liver disease for older men
Twelve months of testosterone replacement therapy did not improve metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease in a group of older men with hypogonadism, according to a secondary analysis of the T Trials. Read more.
Providers should make plant-based nutrition a central part of obesity treatment
Following a plant-based eating plan can help people with obesity lose weight without the use of medications or bariatric surgery, according to a speaker at the Lifestyle Medicine Conference. Read more.
Severe anion gap metabolic acidosis in a patient with type 2 diabetes
A man aged 51 years with a history of alcohol use disorder and type 2 diabetes treated with metformin and glimepiride and alcohol presented to the hospital for a witnessed cardiac arrest at home. Read more.
Certain antidepressants may cause more weight gain over 2 years
Women living in low- and middle-income countries have a higher prevalence of obesity and other cardiometabolic disorders than men, according to findings published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. Read more.