Posted on 07/15/2018 10:08:37 AM PDT by ConservativeMind
The keto diet has been a proven tool to help people lose weight and even fight off inflammation. But there's another chronic condition that the keto diet can successfully treat: diabetes. Specifically, type 2 diabetes.
We spoke to Steve Phinney, MD, PhD, chief medical officer at Virta Health, who explained which patients can benefit the most from the keto diet, and how to successfully use the diet to treat type 2 diabetes. He stressed that the treatment of type 2 diabetes with the keto diet should be done under close medical supervision, especially if the patient takes medication that lowers blood sugar or blood pressure as it can lead to dangerous side effects.
But once you get the go-ahead from your doctor, here's how it works:
In addition to helping regulate blood sugar levels and fighting insulin resistance, Dr. Phinney notes that the keto diet has powerful anti-inflammatory effects. Since inflammation may be a cause of diabetes, this is especially beneficial for type 2 diabetes patients.
When done properly and under medical supervision, a ketogetnic diet can help reverse type 2 diabetes. If you're thinking of giving it a shot, be sure to talk to your doctor or healthcare provider to create an effective, sustainable plan.
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Grains are cheap to produce,too.
Eat greek yogurt with active cultures.
You could make the yogurt yourself. Pick up a serving of plain, yogurt with active cultures and also half a gallon of whole milk at the grocery store. Set the yogurt aside to come up to room temperature. Now, heat the whole milk up to 180°F. Immediately remove from heat and allow it to slowly cool down to 110°F. At this point, stir in the store-bought yogurt. I also stir in 1 cup whole powdered milk because I like a rich product. It isn't necessary to do that. Pour this mixture into an insulated pot which is turned off. All this step requires is a slow wait while the cultures do their reproductive thing. I use a pre-heated, but now turned-off crock pot. After 12 hours or so, the result is YOGURT! Refridgerate half-a-cup for the next time you make yogurt.
To make greek yogurt, you take this regular stuff and drain the whey out of it. I used to use a bowl lined with handkerchiefs to do that. Now, I use a purchased container with a very small screen.
Be sure to refridgerate the yogurt.
Wow.
My father was diabetic and the nutritionists always stressed eating a certain amount of whole grains everyday which in reality is some of the worst stuff anyone can eat even if they aren’t diabetic.
I feel like most doctors are strictly following government and insurance guidelines that don’t really have the patient’s interest in mind.
Seems like they want to keep us just sick enough to keep coming back for more drugs.
I feel like the food processors, pharmaceutical industry and government all work together to keep us sick.
That sentiment may stink of tin foil hattery but I stand by it anyway.
Some government bureaucrat at the FDA decided chose the food pyramid for this reason. Not based on health but money. Government money to welfare recipients.
No fruits is a big cancer causing risk.
book Stopping Cancer Before It Starts
ref American Institute for Cancer Research
It would be more expensive in the long run due to the resulting health issues of heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, endocrine disorders, obesity and the like.
Government types aren’t necessarily forward thinking though, are they?
Never avoid Fruits longterm.
I have hated fruit my entire life-——rarely eat it——maybe three times a year.
I’ve survived.
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Dr. Fung said in the 1950s people ate junk white bread with junk jam.
They were not fat.
Ya. They don’t think that far ahead.
Used to be the four food groups, now the food pyramid.
I went on the Keto diet about 6 weeks ago because I learned I had some serious cardiovascular issues.
I’ve had to have a ton of tests, someof which required fasting. So, at night I doubled up on the far, and the fasting became a breeze.
On Friday I had to have an angioplasty done on my femoral arteries. Finally, it was time to eat. I was handed the starch heavy menu, made my selections.
But the kitchen decided to change some things. Instead of the whole milk I ordered, they sent 1%. And a big pile of pineapple which I don’t like. Why, because the doc wanted me on a low calorie diet.
I’d told everyone that I was on a keto diet, but hardly anybody had a clue as to what that was. The cardio doc tells me...watch the cholesterol. I ended up firing that joker and his fancy equipment ater it was proven that what he insisted (without even looking) was diabetic neuropathy...but actually a clogged major artery. Just had surgery on that Friday.
One thing g that happened very quickly for me was better blood sugar control. I take about a third of the insulin that I used to have to take on a standard diabetic diet.
The nursing staff in the surgical unit we’re impressed with the numbers. And I never bottomed out during the entire time. So I was 18 hours without food, and my blood sugar was 96.
I like that kind of stability.
My tummy wasn’t screaming with hunger either.
I listen to what the doctors say, but then I make my own decisions after thoroughly researching the subject. One example of research involved the use of statins and blood thinners. I don’t like the changes those meds make in one’s physiology. Basically, in my opinion for myself, they impair the body’s ability to heal itself. The meds work for a minute, but not in a healthy way. The meds get one caught up in a catch-22 leading g some folks to an earlier grave than they otherwise would if the focused on healing their bodies.
I don’t see them as beneficial for me.i will take asprin for thinning, because I refuse to go off this keto diet. I feel better than I have in 30 years and diabetes is under control. My endocrinologist will be pleased at least.
I tried everything I could find to try and nothing worked.
Vitamin c deficiency is not good. In it’s absence, the blood gets robbed of calcium as it tries to repair damaged vessels.
My endo- told me that animal fats don’t cause cholesterol problems, starches and sugars do.
If you don’t take in enough cholesterol, your liver will manufacture it for you. How in the world do you control that??
And most people who die of heart attacks don’t have cholesterol issues.
Thanks for starting this thread. I love keto and you couldn’t pay me to return to the diet that caused this problem I have right now.
“No fruits is a big cancer causing risk.”
do aborigines in northern latitudes with no access to fruits have high cancer rates?
Yup - keto works
Keto diet is basically just keep your net carbs to 20 and under and eat real food. Basically, meats, dairy/eggs, green veggies and other low net carbs veggies (must subtract fiber from carbs). You will feel like crap the first week or two while your body converts to ketosis for burning energy and then you’ll feel great.
Ping
If we don’t get that from food throughout the day (not all at once—then it overloads the body), our liver makes the rest.
Tie back to later low carb thread...
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