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<blockquote data-quote="Borzoi" data-source="post: 1058709" data-attributes="member: 254256"><p>Hi Ladybird,</p><p></p><p>I can only explain it from my own perspective. I've had the condition for a few years now and treated it loosely to say the least. I worked out sometimes, ate relatively liberally and really didn't pay much attention to the condition or test regularly. I felt fine, but in time my body started to act up. I would get sick more often, my vision would blur and after deciding to visit a doctor I found myself with an A1C of 12. Alarming to say the least, but it got me thinking about my future.</p><p></p><p>In the last few years I've lost a grandparent to the condition, a friend who passed suddenly to uncontrolled T2 at the age of 29 (I'm 30 currently) and had another friend commit suicide due to emotional instability, a side effect of his uncontrolled T1. These events started to weigh on me as I took a much more proactive approach to doing my best to lower those numbers. Working our regularly, a much healthier diet and an occasional treat here and there. In a few months I was down to a 6.1 A1C.</p><p></p><p>What really got me though is when a doctor I was consulting with optimistically mentioned how I 'probably won't need insulin for a few years,' as if it was supposed to get my spirits up. It struck me how the medical system assumes you will degenerate with such a condition and always have to be medicated, that there's no getting better.</p><p></p><p>So for me that was a bit of a psychological turning point. Once I discovered the theory of the Newcastle diet I realized there was a possibility, a sliver of hope to make things better and undo mistakes of the past. I was fed up with the amount of medication I was on and my reliance on it-And had nothing to lose as my future depends on it. I'd had my fun, but the weight of fixing my health became far heavier than the satisfaction of that errant slice of pizza or slice of bread.</p><p></p><p>I won't deny it's an extremely difficult diet. It'll test you and tempt you-But if you're fed up enough and keep the possible end result in mind, the potential for some normality again it will keep you on track. I went from eating a normal diet of 2,000 cals to 800 overnight and with some difficulty was able to adjust.It takes time but all you need is to power through and your body will get with the program. In my case, I just needed to be fed up enough to go the Newcastle approach. </p><p></p><p>I'd seen improvement through other means but nothing resembling a reversal-And about 6 weeks in now I'm off 75% of my meds and seeing some real results. Will it pay off long term? I'm not sure yet, but the results so far are very encouraging. That's just my perspective on the matter and I hope it helps.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Borzoi, post: 1058709, member: 254256"] Hi Ladybird, I can only explain it from my own perspective. I've had the condition for a few years now and treated it loosely to say the least. I worked out sometimes, ate relatively liberally and really didn't pay much attention to the condition or test regularly. I felt fine, but in time my body started to act up. I would get sick more often, my vision would blur and after deciding to visit a doctor I found myself with an A1C of 12. Alarming to say the least, but it got me thinking about my future. In the last few years I've lost a grandparent to the condition, a friend who passed suddenly to uncontrolled T2 at the age of 29 (I'm 30 currently) and had another friend commit suicide due to emotional instability, a side effect of his uncontrolled T1. These events started to weigh on me as I took a much more proactive approach to doing my best to lower those numbers. Working our regularly, a much healthier diet and an occasional treat here and there. In a few months I was down to a 6.1 A1C. What really got me though is when a doctor I was consulting with optimistically mentioned how I 'probably won't need insulin for a few years,' as if it was supposed to get my spirits up. It struck me how the medical system assumes you will degenerate with such a condition and always have to be medicated, that there's no getting better. So for me that was a bit of a psychological turning point. Once I discovered the theory of the Newcastle diet I realized there was a possibility, a sliver of hope to make things better and undo mistakes of the past. I was fed up with the amount of medication I was on and my reliance on it-And had nothing to lose as my future depends on it. I'd had my fun, but the weight of fixing my health became far heavier than the satisfaction of that errant slice of pizza or slice of bread. I won't deny it's an extremely difficult diet. It'll test you and tempt you-But if you're fed up enough and keep the possible end result in mind, the potential for some normality again it will keep you on track. I went from eating a normal diet of 2,000 cals to 800 overnight and with some difficulty was able to adjust.It takes time but all you need is to power through and your body will get with the program. In my case, I just needed to be fed up enough to go the Newcastle approach. I'd seen improvement through other means but nothing resembling a reversal-And about 6 weeks in now I'm off 75% of my meds and seeing some real results. Will it pay off long term? I'm not sure yet, but the results so far are very encouraging. That's just my perspective on the matter and I hope it helps. [/QUOTE]
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