Wikipedia needs some help

(Susan) #1

I was looking up HbA1c in Wikipedia and found that there is a subheading called ‘Modification by Diet.’ It only mentions probiotics for help lowering A1c. Can someone more versed with the keto literature who can add the citations add something please?

Also, under ‘Diabetes Management’ and the subheading ‘Lifestyle Modifications’, low carb gets one mention and no description and a detailed description of an ideal diet that is clearly NOT ketogenic. Also one sentence " There is a lack of evidence of the usefulness of low-carbohydrate dieting for people with type 1 diabetes." No mention of it’s efficacy in type II Diabetes.

Finally, the ‘low carb’ portion of ‘Diet in Diabetes’ could use some fleshing out. If someone could tell me the most important studies and meta-analyses I’ll do the work of editing Wikipedia, though I’m sure there are many 100s of you more qualified than I. If we don’t mention it, no one else will!

(You've tried everything else; why not try bacon?) #2

My experience with Wikipedia is mostly negative. I tried editing some articles on topics I know something about, and the changes were all reversed by someone with a partisan axe to grind. Since low-carb/keto goes against the received wisdom, I doubt anyone could get information about it to persist.

For example, the Wikipedia page about Malcolm Kendrick was removed, on the stated grounds that as a sceptic about cholesterol and statins, he is a quack who is actively harming the population.

(Bob M) #3

That’s no good, because I think Malcolm Kendrick’s series on what causes heart disease is thought-provoking (and probably correct).

(Susan) #4

My experience with editing Wikipedia (in epidemiology) was if you cite the studies that back up what you’re saying, there wasn’t a problem. I think there are enough studies about keto now to back up some to what we’re seeing with the benefits of keto. I just don’t know the details about those studies. (name, journal name, author’s names etc.)