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Letter: Don't forget this use of low-carb diets too

Published 3 February 2021

From Annemarie La Pensée, Liverpool, UK

The article “Breaking with bread” discussed medical applications of low-carb diets (9 January, p 32). It covered type 2 diabetes extensively, but not type 1 diabetes. However, whether to use a lower-carb or extremely low-carb diet in .

There is , adherents would say, makes it much easier to live with day to day. However, this use of a low-carb diet is seen as controversial by some, particularly in childhood. Rich material that I for one would have been keen to see discussed in what is otherwise a fascinating and timely article.

Issue no. 3320 published 6 February 2021

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