To date there is no consensus that eating a diet consisting of any particular macronutrient composition (i.e.: the ratio of fat, protein, and carbohydrate in the diet) is more beneficial for diabetics. However, research on diabetic diets is limited due to the nature of nutritional research. Studies in this space tend to be observational as opposed to experimental, relatively short in duration, and have relatively poor compliance due to the difficulty of controlling the diets of study participants at all hours of the day for extended periods of time. Thus, more large-scale multi-center trials in the future are required to further define recommendations.