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<blockquote data-quote="Grateful" data-source="post: 1616246" data-attributes="member: 438800"><p>I think the experience of [USER=396121]@OrsonKartt[/USER] given above is excellent information.</p><p></p><p>It is encouraging that your doctor asked you to reduce carb intake and has not prescribed drugs. Well done for reducing your weight and increasing exercise!</p><p></p><p>My doctor also gave me advice to reduce carbs, and said he wanted to try to avoid putting me on drugs. But he did not provide <em>specific</em> advice about which foods to eat on a day-to-day basis! At the beginning this was confusing for me, and I worried that there were not enough foods to eat!</p><p></p><p>First, I decided <em>how much</em> carbs I wanted to cut out. This is explained here: <a href="http://www.diabetes.co.uk/diet/low-carb-diabetes-diet.html" target="_blank">http://www.diabetes.co.uk/diet/low-carb-diabetes-diet.html</a>. </p><p></p><p>Second, I found a lot of very useful information about the "good" low-carb foods here: <a href="https://www.dietdoctor.com/low-carb" target="_blank">https://www.dietdoctor.com/low-carb</a>. It is surprising how many delicious foods are perfectly OK on a low-carb diet.</p><p></p><p>Third, in the long run I found it useful to set a "target" and for me the best "metric" was a blood test called the HbA1c. This is done about every three months, if you have been recently diagnosed (the gap between tests can vary quite a lot depending on the country and local practice). There is more information about this test here: <a href="http://www.diabetes.co.uk/what-is-hba1c.html" target="_blank">http://www.diabetes.co.uk/what-is-hba1c.html</a>.</p><p></p><p>You said that your doctor advised you to reduce not only carbs, but <em>also</em> fat. This is a bit different to the kind of low-carb diet described in the above links, which is (broadly speaking) a "low-carb, <em>high</em>-fat" (LCHF) diet. I am not a doctor, but I think it is possible that you are feeling tired all day because have reduced fat intake too much. I suggest you ask your doctor about this.</p><p></p><p>Alternatively, you may be suffering from something called the "carb flu" which is not unusual for people who have recently started a low-carb diet. This usually goes away after a while. I have never had this (but I was very hungry for the first few weeks).</p><p></p><p>For what it's worth, I actually adopted the same diet advised by your doctor (low-carb, <em>low</em>-fat) and it worked fine for me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Grateful, post: 1616246, member: 438800"] I think the experience of [USER=396121]@OrsonKartt[/USER] given above is excellent information. It is encouraging that your doctor asked you to reduce carb intake and has not prescribed drugs. Well done for reducing your weight and increasing exercise! My doctor also gave me advice to reduce carbs, and said he wanted to try to avoid putting me on drugs. But he did not provide [I]specific[/I] advice about which foods to eat on a day-to-day basis! At the beginning this was confusing for me, and I worried that there were not enough foods to eat! First, I decided [I]how much[/I] carbs I wanted to cut out. This is explained here: [URL]http://www.diabetes.co.uk/diet/low-carb-diabetes-diet.html[/URL]. Second, I found a lot of very useful information about the "good" low-carb foods here: [URL]https://www.dietdoctor.com/low-carb[/URL]. It is surprising how many delicious foods are perfectly OK on a low-carb diet. Third, in the long run I found it useful to set a "target" and for me the best "metric" was a blood test called the HbA1c. This is done about every three months, if you have been recently diagnosed (the gap between tests can vary quite a lot depending on the country and local practice). There is more information about this test here: [URL]http://www.diabetes.co.uk/what-is-hba1c.html[/URL]. You said that your doctor advised you to reduce not only carbs, but [I]also[/I] fat. This is a bit different to the kind of low-carb diet described in the above links, which is (broadly speaking) a "low-carb, [I]high[/I]-fat" (LCHF) diet. I am not a doctor, but I think it is possible that you are feeling tired all day because have reduced fat intake too much. I suggest you ask your doctor about this. Alternatively, you may be suffering from something called the "carb flu" which is not unusual for people who have recently started a low-carb diet. This usually goes away after a while. I have never had this (but I was very hungry for the first few weeks). For what it's worth, I actually adopted the same diet advised by your doctor (low-carb, [I]low[/I]-fat) and it worked fine for me. [/QUOTE]
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