The effects of different types of diets on obese individuals diagnosed with type 2 diabetics

The United Nation set out a goal to reduce poverty rates by 50% as part of its millennial goals, which was reached in 2010. Despite this reduction, attention is still given by organisations to decrease poverty further. Obesity was also mentioned in the UN report, however despite and the global effort, its rate is increasing exponentially with projections of a billion adults being obese by 2025. Historically this has been explained by Maslow���s hierarchy of needs which state that the most basic need of all people is food, which led to the belief that affordable food choices usually not as healthy as others and usually contains food groups which are known to contribute to obesity. Obesity can lead to diabetes which is likely preventable. This systematic review aim was to investigate the effect of food groups such as carbohydrate, protein and fat in different type of diets compared to the Mediterranean diet, to determine which diet provided the best benefit to decreasing fasting glucose, body mass index, waist circumference, low density cholesterol, systolic blood pressure levels as well as increasing high density cholesterol levels. This review concluded that low carbohydrate diet provided the best benefits compared to high protein, high fat and Mediterranean diet. A ketogenic diet was not as effective as standard low carbohydrate diet due to a risk of dehydration. Based on these findings, this review recommends that the e best diet is that contains a combination of low carbohydrate, high protein and high fat