Is the Keto Diet Good For Diabetics? A Keto Expert Gives Us the Answer

There is a side benefit to losing weight — less weight on the joints, less wear and tear. Less weight in general, helps everything!

Carbs and especially processed foods can cause inflammation. I had something similar and it disappeared after a couple of weeks. Amazing that it would work so quickly for me and after years of treatment.

You will not be hungry. Protein and fat will control the hunger nicely. Plus, it has to be tasty. That is the idea.

The blood sugar swings cause by sugar and carbs will make a person very hungry on the down side blood sugar crash. Plus, the body becomes insulin resistant.

The important thing is to hang in there. There will be times when you will have cravings. My wife made “fat bombs” which are coconut oil and peanut butter and unsweetened cocoa. Peanut butter is higher in carbs but the amount in the fat bomb is small. It will reduce the cravings within five minutes.

Also, start adding veggies. Veggies of all types to replace the breads and pastas.

I should add that, pre card diet, just about every season, I was sick with the flu or a cold. If it was going around the office, I'd get it and be out sick for a couple of days. I have not been sick in the two years since I have been on the diet. Anecdotal but it appears that my immune system is MUCH BETTER.

Lastly, my triglycerides, although nominal before, are now very low now.

I've always loved veggies so they are not a problem I love celery or bell peppers straight from the garden rinse them off cut them up and much away.

I am amazed my joints already do not hurt like normal. I was getting to the point of pain being so bad sometimes I would have trouble walking to the bathroom. Today my joints are not hurting at all. But my muscles are sore. I've read that may be from switching from carb fuel to fat fuel and the muscles have not yet adapted to the change. Glad to hear your health improved with this life change/ It gives me hope I have finally found the key to being a whole person again and not some cavedewlling hermit shunning the outside world because moving much, hurts.

I wouldn’t ask my dr about anything diet related. He’s watched me lose 50-60 lbs over the last couple years and has zero understanding about keto/ low carb.

I had a similar experience with my doctor back in 2003. I told him I was considering a low-carb diet and he immediately tried to discourage me, telling me that I just needed to eat less and follow the "heart healthy" food pyramid. At the time, I weighed over 300 pounds (I'm 6'3" but still 300+ pounds is very heavy) and was eating large amounts of carbs. In fact, one of my favorite meals used to be "spaghetti sandwiches" in which I would tuck spaghetti into a slice of Italian bread, fold it over and eat it like pizza.

So I went ahead anyway with my low carb diet and proceeded to lose over 100 pounds, eventually getting down to 197 (within a year). My doctor was not surprised to see that all my blood work improved tremendously, HDL, LDL, Triglycerides, etc.

I say not surprised because he knew all along that low carb would work. However, because the prevailing medical opinion is that high-carb (food pyramid) diet is "heart healthy", he could not prescribe a low carb diet - which would open himself up to a malpractice suit should I have had a heart attack or something during the diet. So I understood that he was protecting himself and his own career. Just like many scientists today are afraid to speak against the global warming lunacy as they know it would damage their careers to do so.

Bottom line, people need to educate themselves and take charge of their own health. Doctors are going to do what is in the best interests of their careers and go with the flow.

The story goes that the carb heavy grain heavy food pyramid came about because grains are cheap to produce and the cost to the welfare system would be less. 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.

This actually makes a lot of sense and explains a lot. Of course, today we (society) are paying the price with soaring medical costs due to obesity, diabetes, etc.

I’ve heard similar accounts. People (and doctors) have known that low carb works since the early 1800s with William Banting’s diet. Too bad there’s not been a big study like Framingham to prove its efficacy. No money in simply eating right though.

You are right about people needing to educate themselves and take control. The healthcare system is only concerned about sucking the populace dry financially. Diabetes and heart desease is part of that gravy train for them.

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