My wife’s numbers were higher than we liked so we seriously moderated the carb intake (she carefully, me mostly at family meals, I still cheat as I have good sugar numbers and limited self restraint with Penn Station french fries). However, just going along with her, albeit to a lesser degree, I have gone from 190 to 180 with no effort at all.
She also exercises for 1/2 hour every night. The dirty little secret is that exercise will drop your sugar numbers faster than anything else.
Interestingly, we both think she has lost a little more weight than we’d like, but it is not easy to put a few pounds back on when seriously limiting carbs.
We eat lots of vegetables and normal levels of protein and fat.
Now, I may be mistaken, but as I understand diabetes, you have it or you don’t. “Type 2” isn’t really diabetes, it’s a creation of the medical establishment to focus on theoretically potential future diabetics with the goal to prevent them from progressing to diabetes. But it is not diabetes. I can’t swear to that, but I believe it.
Good for you. You are doing the correct method to best balance your metabolism, live long and remain healthy. Fatigued muscle is thirsty for sugar. Work them, and blood sugar stabilizes. Remove carbs, eat plenty of vegetables and increase protein 15-25%, while increasing dietary, unadulterated fat and blood sugar will remain stable.
Hmmm....I started seriously limiting carbs....doing interval training 3x week, pilates, and weights...and intermittent fasting...and my blood sugar went UP...(I lost 20lbs in about 7 months)...now seem to be at a standstill...and the doc says I MUST eat SOMETHING every 3-4 hours (usually I eat raw nuts)...to prevent the spike in blood sugar. I would like my fat % to drop another 6% (lose another 10 lbs maybe, too)....but, am not sure what I’m doing wrong.
Type one and type two are both diabetes. Type one is juvenile diabetes and is caused by non functioning isles of Langerhans which make insulin
Type two diabetes is caused by malfunctioning feedback systems to the isles of Langerhans and resistance to the insulin they excrete. Type two can, with work be controlled by diet and exercise in some people.