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- Type of diabetes
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So I have posted some posts in other threads, but not really getting a satisfactory response as in fairness it is a little off topic. Therefore thought I would create its own thread.
A bit of history and context. Bad BG at diagnosis - did LCHF - brilliant - figures down in 8 weeks.Through my own testing I found a few things happened, I had really good FBG figures IMHO - around 5 but they shot up 2mmol with a liver dump which just hung around till midday. At this time I was trying to eat less than 10g carbs a day. My BG started to go up a bit and the liver dumps worse. So I decided to try the Newcastle diet and am currently in week 4. What the heck - it is only 8 weeks.
So my questions after that context.
The ND works by removing pancreatic fat and making you produce more normal levels of Insulin. How does that work? Type 2's are most commonly Insulin resistant and are producing too much insulin. How then can producing more insulin put them into normal BG range? Also - the ND diet works best up to 10years after being diabetic. After that it has less positive outcomes. In fairness the success rate in the worse case is about 40% so not a given. Surely if your insulin resistant and you produce more insulin you will become even more resistant not less.
Then I am confused over a post I have read about low carb causing Insulin resistance and some Type 1's having to use more insulin as a result (and they know exactly how much they are producing). Why is that - that sounds counter cultural.
And then finally - why do some people, a few, report that after a time on LC they have to eat more carbs as their BG starts to go up.
Am I the only one who cannot join these dots?
A bit of history and context. Bad BG at diagnosis - did LCHF - brilliant - figures down in 8 weeks.Through my own testing I found a few things happened, I had really good FBG figures IMHO - around 5 but they shot up 2mmol with a liver dump which just hung around till midday. At this time I was trying to eat less than 10g carbs a day. My BG started to go up a bit and the liver dumps worse. So I decided to try the Newcastle diet and am currently in week 4. What the heck - it is only 8 weeks.
So my questions after that context.
The ND works by removing pancreatic fat and making you produce more normal levels of Insulin. How does that work? Type 2's are most commonly Insulin resistant and are producing too much insulin. How then can producing more insulin put them into normal BG range? Also - the ND diet works best up to 10years after being diabetic. After that it has less positive outcomes. In fairness the success rate in the worse case is about 40% so not a given. Surely if your insulin resistant and you produce more insulin you will become even more resistant not less.
Then I am confused over a post I have read about low carb causing Insulin resistance and some Type 1's having to use more insulin as a result (and they know exactly how much they are producing). Why is that - that sounds counter cultural.
And then finally - why do some people, a few, report that after a time on LC they have to eat more carbs as their BG starts to go up.
Am I the only one who cannot join these dots?