My glucose went from 134 mg/do to 96 in 2 months. A1C from 6.5% to 5.5%. Now normal again.
If you've been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes you should try a very low carb diet before anything else. It really seems to work.
It has been remarkable how consistent the weight loss has been. I can more or less predict exactly how much I'll weigh this Thanksgiving; it's really incredible.
However, I've become quite pissed that corporations in concert with the Gubment have been allowed to poison our food supply over the past 40-50 years.
My theory is the high carb/corn syrup food supply has masked the affects of inflation and the fact the real wages have stagnated or even declined over that same period of time. And that most average Joe's just can't afford to eat the way their parents and grand parents did.
What do you mean by "very low"?
One year ago I lowered carbs, with a target of a maximum of 40% of daily calories from carbs. Results: 120 pounds lost, A1C from 8.1% (on Metformin and Actos) to 5.2% (no Actos, Metformin dose cut in half, and would not be surprised if my doctor suggests cutting it further when I see him next week).
Averages for this year so far: 2050 calories/day, 174g carbs/day (45g of which is added sugars), 112g protein/day. So that's an average of about 34% of calories from carbs (9% from added sugars), 22% from protein, and so 44% from fat.
Does this count as low carb?
On Keto, for example, low carb is < 40g, but ideally < 20g per day. The macros, while different for everyone, are more like 75% fat, 20% protein, 5% carbs.
Your personal macros will be dependent on your exercise levels, BMI, and calorie intake though.
I do ketogenic diet once in a while for a month or two at a time. I eat 1200kcal and try to keep the carbs around 30g (10%). It is recommended to keep it below 25g per day in the diet. I have read somewhere that <100g of carbs per day qualifies as "low carb".
I am not obese nor am I diabetic. I do it just to go from higher end of the normal BMI range to the lower end and this diet is the most effective and easiest way to do it.
I go back to "normal" diet (i.e. don't care about how much of what I am eating) after I am done getting lean and gradually gain the weight back in around a year... and repeat the cycle.
Have done 5 cycles so far. Works pretty well for me.
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