Posted on 08/14/2023 5:11:56 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
Another visible outcome of public education’s mathematical failure.
Med definitely works for me, fresh veggies and limited red meat, only lean chicken fish for protein, plus eggs
A1c 5.0 for last 2 years, lost over 70 lbs, down to my h.s. weight, #170, no calorie counting, no fast foods of any kind, just a little will power.
Make healthy eating lifestyle a habit, not chasing fads or pill popping.
Member of the air fryer master race now too, love it
and Dexatrim—HAHA
The first 2 weeks on this it had a weird component that I could see might mess with some peoplle. I think I seen that it was on the “suicide list” of medications that may increase it. Mine was short lived kinda like a terminal frustrated unsettled feeling. Ozempic is NOT side effect free!
3 months in and I’m much better now!
HA HA!
Where do you get a sustainable amount of protein without eating meat?
Low/No carb plus intermittent fasting works better, and without side effects.
Carnivore diet...
For overweight non athletes.
There aren’t any long term meta studies on that diet with respect to performance and health consideration involved.
If you have some, please let me know. (Not being a smartass for once)
I’m aware of a handful of distance athletes on keto nutrition protocols.
Low/no carb diet fixes insulin resistance. Looking forward to my next set of blood tests to see my fasting insulin numbers. Last numbers showed a significant drop, but still have a ways to go. "Pre-diabetic" blood sugar numbers now in full normal "non-diabetic" range.
That is the most successful way to lose weight. I tried it about 3 years ago and DO NOT recommend it.
I went from 245 to 165 over about 3 yr period. I am back to 170 trying to keep it going slow and steady.
For a few years before my surgery I was eating very very little as time passed, dropping weight in a bad way. Almost died before they glued me all back together. I can almost walk a mile but it still hurts like hell. Dr. call it healing. Feels like torture. Im on ozempic once a week, Jardiance once a day, and almost off all the insulin. They dumped it all on me a year ago when I was 1st diagnosed. My Aic finally went whacko-13.5. Limited movement makes it hard to keep up but I think my next Aic is gonna be around 5.5.
Which describes me well. Although my aerobic conditioning was quite good, thanks to "Heavyhands" (a vastly underrated and usually done incorrectly way of exercise). Did half an hour daily until my arthritic knee prevented. Surprisingly enough, the no-carb diet has majorly helped reduce arthritic symptoms.
Re long-term studies... I know that a number are in the works, but have not seen any published yet. But the massive amount of anecdotal evidence was enough to convince me to start... and results will keep me doing...
And the side effect that every is talking about~~It does supress your appetite, rather it tickles your satiety and makes you not hungry, at all, for a few days sometimes. Twice I have went more than 24 hours with out eating a substantial meal. No low blood sugars, but it just makes you not hungry.
The lower carbs likely keeps inflammation low, which helps the knee.
50 fewer pounds also helps the knee. :)
Both true. But neither would have happened without low carb and intermittent fasting. The amazing thing is that once past the first week or so, it is so easy to do and so flexible.
Speaking of Tab, my beautiful neighbor drank Tab and rode around on her lawnmower almost naked, clad usually in a tiny bikini, her gorgeous bare bouncing body parts jiggling every which way to the delight of her male Tab fans.
I was prescribed Ozempic for weight-loss in addition to it’s purported value as an agent against colitis.
It gave me pancreatitis.
You nailed it with “insulin resistance”, which describes most T2 diabetics.
Add in hypothyroidism, menopause, general aging and an out of whack gut microbiome from over prescribed antibiotics and “lifestyle changes” is simply not going to affect all the imbalances enough to cause substantial weight loss. You just end up yoyo dieting.
Problem is most doctors are treating individual symptoms/problems and not the failing systems.
Ya kinda need to do all the things to regain real control of your health.
“Problem is most doctors are treating individual symptoms/problems and not the failing systems.”
To my knowledge, there is no cure for diabetes, either one, just finding enough medication to postpone the symptoms so the end game is a little slower arriving.
I guess the bad way to look at it is that if thee was no diabetes, there would be far less heart disease, kidney failure, respiratory problems, liver problems, circulation problems...just a whole lot of problems that can be related to sugar problems. But that is like saying there would be no deaths unless no one is hit by a train.
I’m not sure if they are mistreating something that can be cured. If there is no cure, then it gets down to quality of life over quantity. And the only humor I can find in it is that everyone is going to die of something. And the only thing you do is be conceived. Everything after that is ruled by man. And we are the biggest screwups going.
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