I have reversed my type 2 Diabetes

[rapiddance]

In January 2012, I received my diagnosis of type 2 diabetes when measured HbA1C at 99 and a fasting blood glucose of 19.6. I had at that time a doctor I strongly questioned both then and later. I had for about 6 months pointed to my physician I suffered from several symptoms typical of diabetes. This took my doctor no notice of, and they did not measure my blood sugar. I had at this time a match weight of ca. 155 kg, and I had received a referral for a Gastric Bypass. It was in connection with an investigation before this operation as they discovered my blood sugar soaring. I complained of this to my doctor and his reaction was, oh well, have we not measured your blood sugar before !? After having measured the blood sugar, I was prescribed Metformin. About the same time I also had time to do a gastric by-pass surgery. My thoughts moved very well on blood sugar, but also about the upcoming surgery. Is this the only possible way out?

I had about one year before that tested low-carbohydrate diet for a few months with reasonable results. Could low carbohydrate diet be something that could help me to avoid surgery and medicine? I buried myself in what low-carb diet was and how it could help me. Pretty soon, I had so much clear to me that I said no to the surgery and I skipped even Metformin. I was convinced that low carbohydrate diet could help me to better health and that as a bonus would get a weight loss. I had decided to give low-carb diet a fair chance. I went on a strict low carbohydrate diet and in less than 10 months, I had reversed my type 2 diabetes, to a blood sugar of a perfectly healthy person's level with an HbA1c of 39 and a fasting blood glucose at 5.4-5.6 and also dropped a number of kilos, and this without any medication, just by changing lifestyle. Now think of someone that this is perhaps only temporary, but I can sign that it is not. Today, I still have the same fine blood sugar, HbA1c 38-39, the sugar 5.4-5.6 and my other medicinal values are better than they have been for 25-30 years, moreover, I have lost about 50 kg overweight! So yes, you can reverse type 2 diabetes!

very good results stefanjson I want to reverse my type 2 doctor says it is possible.

 

[Steam Engineer]

I managed to reverse my type 2 diabetes over two years ago, so it is possible.
Now I just continue with the low carb diet and exercise to keep it at bay, now just have the annual checks carried out, which I manage to sail through each time.

 

[Lise169]

In January 2012, I received my diagnosis of type 2 diabetes when measured HbA1C at 99 and a fasting blood glucose of 19.6. I had at that time a doctor I strongly questioned both then and later. I had for about 6 months pointed to my physician I suffered from several symptoms typical of diabetes. This took my doctor no notice of, and they did not measure my blood sugar. I had at this time a match weight of ca. 155 kg, and I had received a referral for a Gastric Bypass. It was in connection with an investigation before this operation as they discovered my blood sugar soaring. I complained of this to my doctor and his reaction was, oh well, have we not measured your blood sugar before !? After having measured the blood sugar, I was prescribed Metformin. About the same time I also had time to do a gastric by-pass surgery. My thoughts moved very well on blood sugar, but also about the upcoming surgery. Is this the only possible way out?

I had about one year before that tested low-carbohydrate diet for a few months with reasonable results. Could low carbohydrate diet be something that could help me to avoid surgery and medicine? I buried myself in what low-carb diet was and how it could help me. Pretty soon, I had so much clear to me that I said no to the surgery and I skipped even Metformin. I was convinced that low carbohydrate diet could help me to better health and that as a bonus would get a weight loss. I had decided to give low-carb diet a fair chance. I went on a strict low carbohydrate diet and in less than 10 months, I had reversed my type 2 diabetes, to a blood sugar of a perfectly healthy person's level with an HbA1c of 39 and a fasting blood glucose at 5.4-5.6 and also dropped a number of kilos, and this without any medication, just by changing lifestyle. Now think of someone that this is perhaps only temporary, but I can sign that it is not. Today, I still have the same fine blood sugar, HbA1c 38-39, the sugar 5.4-5.6 and my other medicinal values are better than they have been for 25-30 years, moreover, I have lost about 50 kg overweight! So yes, you can reverse type 2 diabetes!

I am just beginning my story feel so overwhelmed at the moment . I was lowering g my blood sugar last year with diet but then had 4 months of worry with my daughter and a lot of stress at work . So a week ago I was told I am no longer pre diabetic but type 2 . Haven’t see the nurse yet but I said I asked if I can lower my sugar level to pre diabetic will I then be pre diabetic again and she said no you will always be diabetic . Where do they get this thing where once you are diabetic you can’t go back . I know people who have been pre diabetic for 8 years but if they go back to normal they are then normal not pre diabetic. To me we can all have a bad time in our life when we don’t look after ourselves and go off the rails . But if we get back on it lower the sugar level surely we can be normal again . I heard it’s well if you start eating carbs again you will go back to diabetic but surely ths is the same if you are normal and eat carbs ti can go to pre diabetic / diabetic again . Can’t get my head around it ,

 

[ajbod]

if you get back to normal HbA1c you will still be diabetic, but controlled. Once diabetic we have an intolerance to carbohydrates, because due to insulin resistance we cannot lower our sugar levels properly. At normal levels insulin resistance will probably improve, and the odd carby meal will not be a problem. but push it too far and you will return to full diabetes. Imagine yourself as a dry alcoholic, things are rosy but you know if you start drinking again your in deep doodoo. There IS NO CURE for diabetes, but by restricting the one thing that causes issues you can control it. Pre diabetes is the final level before full diabetes, it is normal but seriously at risk. If you don't cross the threshold, you're still normal. If you reduce to normal and eat high amounts of carbs, it's a safe bet that pre diabetes will follow.

 

[LINMARIE]

In January 2012, I received my diagnosis of type 2 diabetes when measured HbA1C at 99 and a fasting blood glucose of 19.6. I had at that time a doctor I strongly questioned both then and later. I had for about 6 months pointed to my physician I suffered from several symptoms typical of diabetes. This took my doctor no notice of, and they did not measure my blood sugar. I had at this time a match weight of ca. 155 kg, and I had received a referral for a Gastric Bypass. It was in connection with an investigation before this operation as they discovered my blood sugar soaring. I complained of this to my doctor and his reaction was, oh well, have we not measured your blood sugar before !? After having measured the blood sugar, I was prescribed Metformin. About the same time I also had time to do a gastric by-pass surgery. My thoughts moved very well on blood sugar, but also about the upcoming surgery. Is this the only possible way out?

I had about one year before that tested low-carbohydrate diet for a few months with reasonable results. Could low carbohydrate diet be something that could help me to avoid surgery and medicine? I buried myself in what low-carb diet was and how it could help me. Pretty soon, I had so much clear to me that I said no to the surgery and I skipped even Metformin. I was convinced that low carbohydrate diet could help me to better health and that as a bonus would get a weight loss. I had decided to give low-carb diet a fair chance. I went on a strict low carbohydrate diet and in less than 10 months, I had reversed my type 2 diabetes, to a blood sugar of a perfectly healthy person's level with an HbA1c of 39 and a fasting blood glucose at 5.4-5.6 and also dropped a number of kilos, and this without any medication, just by changing lifestyle. Now think of someone that this is perhaps only temporary, but I can sign that it is not. Today, I still have the same fine blood sugar, HbA1c 38-39, the sugar 5.4-5.6 and my other medicinal values are better than they have been for 25-30 years, moreover, I have lost about 50 kg overweight! So yes, you can reverse type 2 diabetes!

Wonderful story just so inspirational I had a reading of 51 last Jan and refused metirformun and like you I read and resesrched day and night as much info as could on low carb diet A yesr on my hbac1 is same as yours and yes its not a quick fix diet but lifestyle change program and yes can ger hard when eatung out socialising and holidays etc but to see the hbac1 fugures is actually better than the cream tea or fush n chips i cant eat.
Well done!!

 

[KennyA]

I am just beginning my story feel so overwhelmed at the moment . I was lowering g my blood sugar last year with diet but then had 4 months of worry with my daughter and a lot of stress at work . So a week ago I was told I am no longer pre diabetic but type 2 . Haven’t see the nurse yet but I said I asked if I can lower my sugar level to pre diabetic will I then be pre diabetic again and she said no you will always be diabetic . Where do they get this thing where once you are diabetic you can’t go back . I know people who have been pre diabetic for 8 years but if they go back to normal they are then normal not pre diabetic. To me we can all have a bad time in our life when we don’t look after ourselves and go off the rails . But if we get back on it lower the sugar level surely we can be normal again . I heard it’s well if you start eating carbs again you will go back to diabetic but surely ths is the same if you are normal and eat carbs ti can go to pre diabetic / diabetic again . Can’t get my head around it ,

It's all to do with the way the medical profession picked 48 as the cut-off point for diagnosing diabetes. That was selected (around 2008 iirc) because they all internationally agreed to recognise anyone with an HbA1c of >48 as diabetic. One of the reasons for choosing 48 was that retinopathy becomes more common above that figure - it's definitely not unknown below it. Unfortunately it has come to mean, in the UK anyway, that only people with a result above 48 are (officially) diabetic.

It was never intended to mean that people below 48 are by definition "not diabetic". The normal range for A1c results is 38-42. If you go above 42 you are out of normal range, and they have since invented this "prediabetic" label to cover the gap between 42 and 48. People with A1c results above 42 but below 48 quite often have severe diabetic symptoms. I was one of them.

So - if you're out of normal 38-42 A1c range that indicates that your system has trouble dealing with carbohydrate. That's a sign of insulin resistance, which is a system problem, and the insulin resistance doesn't go away just because you avoid carbs. Avoiding carbs will however get your blood sugars down, which is a good thing because high blood sugar does a lot of damage to your body, usually described as "diabetic symptoms" - neuropathy, retinopathy, oedema, weight gain etc.

The question isn't really whether you eat carbs or not. It's whether you can process the quantity of carbs you eat, whatever that happens to be. If you can, you should be OK unless anything changes. If you can't, then carbs will always be a potential problem no matter what your current blood sugar level is.

 

[EllieM]

It was never intended to mean that people below 48 are by definition "not diabetic". The normal range for A1c results is 38-42. If you go above 42 you are out of normal range, and they have since invented this "prediabetic" label to cover the gap between 42 and 48. P

And the prediabetes level varies by country too.

In New Zealand you are prediabetic at 41 , in the US at 39 so there isn't really a hard and fast level for these things.

Plus people can have blood conditions that make their hba1cs read a bit high or low (eg anaemia) The hba1c assumes your red blood cells live for a certain amount of time. If yours are exceptionally long or short lived it distorts the result. An hba1c test is used because it's (usually) an easy way to tell what your blood sugar has been like over the last 3 months. But it's the blood sugar levels that determine whether you are diabetic

 

[Lise169]

Wonderful story just so inspirational I had a reading of 51 last Jan and refused metirformun and like you I read and resesrched day and night as much info as could on low carb diet A yesr on my hbac1 is same as yours and yes its not a quick fix diet but lifestyle change program and yes can ger hard when eatung out socialising and holidays etc but to see the hbac1 fugures is actually better than the cream tea or fush n chips i cant eat.
Well done!!

What a inspiration I am really struggling at the moment with depression and thyroid and I am
In a right state about being Diabetic x

 

[Melgar]

And the prediabetes level varies by country too.

In New Zealand you are prediabetic at 41 , in the US at 39 so there isn't really a hard and fast level for these things.

Plus people can have blood conditions that make their hba1cs read a bit high or low (eg anaemia) The hba1c assumes your red blood cells live for a certain amount of time. If yours are exceptionally long or short lived it distorts the result. An hba1c test is used because it's (usually) an easy way to tell what your blood sugar has been like over the last 3 months. But it's the blood sugar levels that determine whether you are diabetic

In Canada a normal HbA1C level is below 5.7% a level of 5.7% (39) to 6.4% (46) indicates prediabetes, and a level of 6.5% (48) or more indicates diabetes.

 

[Melgar]

What a inspiration I am really struggling at the moment with depression and thyroid and I am
In a right state about being Diabetic x

If you think of diabetes as a carb intolerance instead it does not seem so daunting and scary. It doesn't change what it is, but changing the label in your mind may help. Most food intolerances are a big pain in the a**** because they require you to abstain from the very food that causes you harm and, of course, it is very likely the food you most enjoy. As you will read on this site most people are able to control their diabetes with some diet changes (reducing carbs) and that is very do-able for most people and with great success, as this thread testifies.

 

[LINMARIE]

In January 2012, I received my diagnosis of type 2 diabetes when measured HbA1C at 99 and a fasting blood glucose of 19.6. I had at that time a doctor I strongly questioned both then and later. I had for about 6 months pointed to my physician I suffered from several symptoms typical of diabetes. This took my doctor no notice of, and they did not measure my blood sugar. I had at this time a match weight of ca. 155 kg, and I had received a referral for a Gastric Bypass. It was in connection with an investigation before this operation as they discovered my blood sugar soaring. I complained of this to my doctor and his reaction was, oh well, have we not measured your blood sugar before !? After having measured the blood sugar, I was prescribed Metformin. About the same time I also had time to do a gastric by-pass surgery. My thoughts moved very well on blood sugar, but also about the upcoming surgery. Is this the only possible way out?

I had about one year before that tested low-carbohydrate diet for a few months with reasonable results. Could low carbohydrate diet be something that could help me to avoid surgery and medicine? I buried myself in what low-carb diet was and how it could help me. Pretty soon, I had so much clear to me that I said no to the surgery and I skipped even Metformin. I was convinced that low carbohydrate diet could help me to better health and that as a bonus would get a weight loss. I had decided to give low-carb diet a fair chance. I went on a strict low carbohydrate diet and in less than 10 months, I had reversed my type 2 diabetes, to a blood sugar of a perfectly healthy person's level with an HbA1c of 39 and a fasting blood glucose at 5.4-5.6 and also dropped a number of kilos, and this without any medication, just by changing lifestyle. Now think of someone that this is perhaps only temporary, but I can sign that it is not. Today, I still have the same fine blood sugar, HbA1c 38-39, the sugar 5.4-5.6 and my other medicinal values are better than they have been for 25-30 years, moreover, I have lost about 50 kg overweight! So yes, you can reverse type 2 diabetes!

Wow what an inspirational story to read Just love reading this I have been for past year following low carb high fat diet my weight has stabilised but probably due that i cant exercise hips too painful but try to do 8k steps a day sometimes can sometimes cant when working frim home but I would like to lose a half stone but hbac1 readings have gone from 51 to 37 did that within 5 months initially and test results back yesterday still the same 37 but i need to keep reading and lookubg at this site and stories like yours to keep me on straight and narrow Keep up your brilliant work