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<blockquote data-quote="Art Of Flowers" data-source="post: 1464021" data-attributes="member: 375067"><p>I have lost about 10Kg since diagnosis with type 2 last October. I now weigh less than I did back in 1996. I started to cut out food containing sugar such as breakfast cereals and then in December I saw a video by Sarah Hallberg which inspired me to look at the LCHF diet. Sarah's video explained that carbohydrates raise blood glucose and excess glucose is stored as fat. Eating low carb allows the body to burn off fat in a process called ketosis. As you lower your intake of carbs you need to compensate by eating more fat in your diet as an alternate fuel which does not spike blood sugars.</p><p></p><p>In the past I have tried to diet, but always put the weigh back on. With LCHF losing weight has been effortless and have not put it back on again. I found intermittent fasting also helps lose weight and lower blood sugar.</p><p></p><p>I cut out bread from the start, eating salad for lunch instead. I swapped breakfast cereal first for ready brek, then porridge and finally to a cheese omelette as I found porridge raised my blood sugars to over 10. I stopped eating chips and phased out eating baked potatoes. My consumption of rice was reduced and now I eat cauliflower rice instead. Instead of pasta I now eat spiralized courgette. I have reduced the amount of fruit I eat and now only eat strawberries and cream. I used to drink orange juice, but stopped that as it has a lot of sugar. I now eat a lot more avacodos and nuts (walnuts are a good source of omega 3).</p><p></p><p>My fasting blood sugars have come down from 13 at diagnosis to about 5.5 now and my HbA1C has dropped from 99 to 44. I have reduced Metformin from two to one 500 Mg pill a day. I intend to stop Metformin once my HbA1C gets below 42 into the non-diabetic range. When I was taking two Metformin the lowest glucose reading I has was 6.2 and I was concerned that going to one a day may raise blood sugar, but I have cut out more carbs since then and the glucose reading now are lower, typically in the 5s.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Art Of Flowers, post: 1464021, member: 375067"] I have lost about 10Kg since diagnosis with type 2 last October. I now weigh less than I did back in 1996. I started to cut out food containing sugar such as breakfast cereals and then in December I saw a video by Sarah Hallberg which inspired me to look at the LCHF diet. Sarah's video explained that carbohydrates raise blood glucose and excess glucose is stored as fat. Eating low carb allows the body to burn off fat in a process called ketosis. As you lower your intake of carbs you need to compensate by eating more fat in your diet as an alternate fuel which does not spike blood sugars. In the past I have tried to diet, but always put the weigh back on. With LCHF losing weight has been effortless and have not put it back on again. I found intermittent fasting also helps lose weight and lower blood sugar. I cut out bread from the start, eating salad for lunch instead. I swapped breakfast cereal first for ready brek, then porridge and finally to a cheese omelette as I found porridge raised my blood sugars to over 10. I stopped eating chips and phased out eating baked potatoes. My consumption of rice was reduced and now I eat cauliflower rice instead. Instead of pasta I now eat spiralized courgette. I have reduced the amount of fruit I eat and now only eat strawberries and cream. I used to drink orange juice, but stopped that as it has a lot of sugar. I now eat a lot more avacodos and nuts (walnuts are a good source of omega 3). My fasting blood sugars have come down from 13 at diagnosis to about 5.5 now and my HbA1C has dropped from 99 to 44. I have reduced Metformin from two to one 500 Mg pill a day. I intend to stop Metformin once my HbA1C gets below 42 into the non-diabetic range. When I was taking two Metformin the lowest glucose reading I has was 6.2 and I was concerned that going to one a day may raise blood sugar, but I have cut out more carbs since then and the glucose reading now are lower, typically in the 5s. [/QUOTE]
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