Keto-style bush food diet could be key to helping Indigenous Australians to manage type 2 diabetes

Rates of diabetes in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are almost three times as high as non-Indigenous Australians. (ABC Tropical North: Sophie Meixner)

A new study will test whether diets that closely resemble those consumed by First Nations people in pre-colonisation times can help drive type 2 diabetes remission in Indigenous people. 

The research, led by Ngarrindjeri elders in South Australia's Coorong, along with Flinders University and the Riverland Mallee Coorong Local Health Network (RMCLHN) will use the ketogenic diet to boost health outcomes.