Diabetic patients are, generally, recommended to follow a diet that is low in fat and high in carbohydrates. Clinical studies, conversely, showed metabolic benefits conferred by carbohydrate-restricted diets including the ketogenic diet and the paleolithic diet in type 2 diabetes. Much less data on the use of low carbohydrate diets in type 1 diabetes (T1DM) are available. Two studies by Nielsen et al. showed that a low carbohydrate diet lowers the need for insulin as well as the number of hypoglycemic episodes in T1DM . It was also suggested that a low carbohydrate diet is sustainable on the long-term
