Posted on 06/22/2018 2:42:10 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
what is considered low carb?...can you have some carbs? or none at all....which is very hard to do and not very satisfying...
Try fasting.
And read Jason Fung’s books.
He’s got a blog somewhere that’s good too.
I got my A1C below 5 again by fasting. And my bp was 100/60
BFL
Great information by many, my thanks to you all.
“A full 94 percent of patients on the low-carb intervention have been able to reduce or eliminate their need for insulin. “
Type 2 diabetics need insulin?
Mr. b didn’t believe me for years. Just this year, he was finally forced to do something about his numbers. He’s now a believer in LC... but still cheats.
And drink water.
I like Dr. Fung’s posts .... been using DietDoctor.com since May 1 when I decided to “do something” about weight issues so I didn’t end up with Type 2. So far, so good .... with the website & the weight project :-)
I am 68 and had trouble with weight all my life. I lost 70 lbs using the intermittent fasting diet: Low carb with restricted eating in a daily 6 hour window.
Got off all meds, glucose normal, blood pressure nomal. Just finishing 1 year on the diet. Very easy. One of my daughters has also lost 15lb. Check Dr. Berg’s video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwCRjwDs1Ek&index=2&list=PL9DJjunqJrUit7oPiqLk7qCWsjsU5UgMj&t=23s
A good percentage of them do, yes.
This is true. In 2016 my blood glucose was 122, and my doctor said the magic word "pre-diabetic," which definitely caught my attention. So I started reading books on the subject and began to change my diet. Last year my blood glucose dropped to 92, back in the normal range. The key: Cut back on the bad carbs, sugars, high fructose corn syrup, soda pop, processed foods, etc. Eat more vergetables and fruits, drink more water. It works.
Mainly, just dump the white carbs - sugar, flour, bananas and corn.
Bariatric surgery isn’t the cure all. It does nothing to curb appetites. If someone wants to lose the weight like those who have gone under the knife then just follow the diet. It’s the diet that causes the weight to fall off, not the surgery. When these patients start pigging out, they balloon back up.
by eating less white carbs and eating butter and fats, my Type II diabetes has stabilized. A1c has come down a little to permissable levels.
Losing 35 pounds was also a faactor.
The diagnosis is strictly by the numbers. there are no real symptoms
Eat more fat. See Dr Berg’s video on my last post.
Had a German doctor talk to me in bed the last time I was in the VA hospital. He told me losing 100lbs would pretty much reverse the diabetes.
My sugar dropped from 8.1 to 6.9 on the diet but the dietician gave me another diet. Sugar is back in 7. Range. (Dropped 15 pounds that stayed off)
Think I’ll go back on Dr Sarah’s diet. It’s easy and lots of good recipes.
No white rice or white potato and stay away from grains and artificial sugars.
It works (Dietitian is not very bright. )
This is a good one! BUMP to DEFEAT DIABETES MELLITUS!
600mg Alpha Lipoic Acid once a day (& cut the carbs) ?
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