Can cutting carbs beat diabetes? new study says maybe

Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion Criteria: * Men or postmenopausal women aged 18-75 years. Menopause is defined as \>12 months without menses * Overweight or obesity with Body Mass Index (BMI) \>25 kg/m2 * Type 2 diabetes with HbA1c between 48 mmol/mol and 75 mmol/mol (6.5%-9.0%) * Treated with or without metformin, dipeptidyl peptidase 4 (DPP-4) inhibitors, sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT-2) inhibitors and/or glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RA) * Nonsmokers or having quitted smoking \>1 year before the study * Acceptance of regulation of antidiabetic, antihypertensive, and lipid-lowering medications by Cut-DM endocrinologists only Exclusion Criteria: * Ongoing insulin or insulin analog therapy * Severe gut disease as evaluated by the principal investigator e.g. Crohn's disease, Ulcerative colitis, Celiac disease etc. * Extensive surgery to the gut e.g. bariatric surgery, colectomy etc. * Severe heart disease as evaluated by the principal investigator e.g. angina pectoris, coronary heart disease, congestive heart failure (NYHA III-IV) * Severe renal impairment (eGFR\<45 ml/min/1.73 m2 or urine albumin / creatinine ratio \> 300 mg/g) * Severe hepatic impairment as evaluated by the principal investigator (measure of alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST)) * Cancer within the last 5 years (except basal cell skin cancer or squamous cell skin cancer) * Psychiatric disease, e.g. a history of major depressive or other severe psychiatric disorders * Ongoing systemic corticosteroid treatment, e.g. prednisolone * Reported or documented food allergy, food intolerance, or currently following a particular eating pattern or strong food preferences, not compatible with study participation * Reported or documented alcohol consumption exceeding the recommendations from The Danish Health Authorities * Ongoing treatment with sulfonylureas and/or thiazolidinediones due to the risk of hypoglycemia unless discontinuation is possible, in which case a \>3-month wash-out is mandatory * Hemoglobin \<7 mmol/L for men and \<6 mmol/L for women * Inability, physically and/or mentally, to comply with the procedures required by the study protocol, as evaluated by the principal investigator * Weight change ≥5% the preceding 3 months of screening * Participation in other on-going clinical trials