Moderate low carbohydrate diet.

Written by Annika Dahlqvist on 07 May, 2009 at 07:02


The SBU report on the scientific basis of diabetic dietary advice and in dietician’s press release the term moderate low carbohydrate diet is mentioned. By that they mean about 40 E% carbohydrates.


I read somewhere that before it came to low lipid dietary recommendations people spontaneously ate an average of about 40 E% carbohydrates, 40 E% lipids and 20 E% protein. Viewed from that is 50-60 E% high carbohydrate diet and d 40 R% normal carbohydrate. Low carbohydrate is at least below 30 E% and strict low carbohydrate below 10 E%.