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Cutting fatty foods likechocolate and eating more protein may help people with type 2 diabetes lose weight. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham) Source: AP

OVERWEIGHT people with type 2 diabetes will lose weight faster on a diet low in fat and carbohydrates but higher in protein.

The findings of the CSIRO study, a 16-week program for 100 overweight and obese people, do not match the current recommendation for people with type 2 diabetes - which is to consume a low-fat and low-protein diet higher in carbohydrates.

Participants on the low-fat, higher-protein diet achieved a 30per cent greater weight loss and 21per cent greater reduction in fat around the belly, particularly if they also participated in resistance training. The CSIRO is now looking to recruit 150 overweight or obese people with type 2 diabetes for a two-year study to collect and analyse long-term results to better determine the best weight-loss program for those with type 2 diabetes.

CSIRO research program leader Professor Manny Noakes and research scientist Associate Professor Grant Brinkworth said the results indicated the higher-protein diet worked better in the short term, but a long-term study was required.

"It is outside conventional recommendations, which is largely why the Australian Government is supporting research into this area," Prof Brinkworth said.

"The group that was consuming the high-protein diet and exercising were having a greater reduction in their insulin levels, which suggests that they had greater insulin sensitivity."

People with type 2 diabetes have a high insulin resistance, causing blood sugar levels to build up.

Prof Brinkworth said longer-term study results would help set future dietary guidelines for people with type 2 diabetes.

"It's just so amazing that after all of this time we still haven't reached a consensus about what the best approach is," Prof Noakes said.

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