Arab Horse
Well-Known Member
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- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
- Treatment type
- Tablets (oral)
Meat.Great news. What do you eat now to keep your glucose under such good control?
Just a little salt and pepper, tossed on the grill, and cooked to medium rare.What condiments? Chilli , Mayo?, full fat yogurt?do you cook in lard? Great breakfast by the way
Have followed a very low carb, high excercise regime for the last 12 months, great results too!!!Normally I wouldn't brag about my results as they seem not that unusual for people following a LCHF diet on this forum, so I won't - just the facts.
Three months ago I stopped taking metformin and my HbA1c was 6% - not too bad. I also changed my diet from low carb to very low carb; ketogenic, in fact.
Today I got my latest HbA1c results: 5.6% / 37.7 mmol/mol. Very chuffed.
I got the results from my pharmacist ("chemist" in the UK, I believe); they have access to patients' lab results where I live. She was very happy with my results. She had a colleague there as well who had done our local version of the diabetic educator training. I told them I hadn't been taking metformin for 3 months and they were a bit surprised. The second person then spouted off something he'd learned in his training: only 1 to 2% of type 2 diabetics manage to get and keep control of their diabetes through diet and exercise alone. I was both shocked at this low number and yet not surprised as I knew what they recommend type 2 diabetics to eat. I suspect the percentage of type 2 diabetics on this forum who have had success with LCHF and no meds is much greater than 2%. Anyway, I tried to tell them that the official recommended diet is why that number was so low, but they looked at me like I was speaking Swahili. At least I tried. I have an appointment with my diabetes nurse this week. It should be interesting.
This forum has been very helpful in my quest to control my blood glucose levels - thanks to all of you!
It's possible to be removed from the diabetic register, but it depends on your doctor.Well done excellent results, I have just been diagnosed as having type 2 diabetes my fasting results were (7.0 & 7.5) I am not on any medication until my next blood tests in 2 months time, if I manage to get my results back into the normal range with diet and exercise am I still diabetic as far as holiday insurance is concerned or is it a case of "once a diabetic always a diabetic" ?
I still have peripheral neuropathy in my feet, but it has improved quite a bit and seems to be still slowly improving.Congratulations on your achievement, that is what I'm aiming for.
Please can I ask whether your peripheral neuropathy has been cured and at what point? I went to my GP initially with tingling in my fingers and toes which progressed to loss of balance and feeling like I was walking on tennis balls. This has improved as my HbA1c has reduced - initially 55 in July 2015, reduced to 44 in Oct 2015 and 38 in Jan 2016, although it has recently flared up a bit in my feet following back surgery 4 weeks ago and tonsillitis for the last week. It could possibly be something to do with the infection and post op recovery.
I'm due to see a neurological consultant next week following previous nerve conduction tests and a lumbar puncture, so don't know what may come out of that. There were concerns that it may not be due to diabetes due to only having the condition short term, but it sounds like your situation is similar to mine?
Any further information would be appreciated.
Normally I wouldn't brag about my results as they seem not that unusual for people following a LCHF diet on this forum, so I won't - just the facts.
Three months ago I stopped taking metformin and my HbA1c was 6% - not too bad. I also changed my diet from low carb to very low carb; ketogenic, in fact.
Today I got my latest HbA1c results: 5.6% / 37.7 mmol/mol. Very chuffed.
I got the results from my pharmacist ("chemist" in the UK, I believe); they have access to patients' lab results where I live. She was very happy with my results. She had a colleague there as well who had done our local version of the diabetic educator training. I told them I hadn't been taking metformin for 3 months and they were a bit surprised. The second person then spouted off something he'd learned in his training: only 1 to 2% of type 2 diabetics manage to get and keep control of their diabetes through diet and exercise alone. I was both shocked at this low number and yet not surprised as I knew what they recommend type 2 diabetics to eat. I suspect the percentage of type 2 diabetics on this forum who have had success with LCHF and no meds is much greater than 2%. Anyway, I tried to tell them that the official recommended diet is why that number was so low, but they looked at me like I was speaking Swahili. At least I tried. I have an appointment with my diabetes nurse this week. It should be interesting.
This forum has been very helpful in my quest to control my blood glucose levels - thanks to all of you!
Normally I wouldn't brag about my results as they seem not that unusual for people following a LCHF diet on this forum, so I won't - just the facts.
Three months ago I stopped taking metformin and my HbA1c was 6% - not too bad. I also changed my diet from low carb to very low carb; ketogenic, in fact.
Today I got my latest HbA1c results: 5.6% / 37.7 mmol/mol. Very chuffed.
I got the results from my pharmacist ("chemist" in the UK, I believe); they have access to patients' lab results where I live. She was very happy with my results. She had a colleague there as well who had done our local version of the diabetic educator training. I told them I hadn't been taking metformin for 3 months and they were a bit surprised. The second person then spouted off something he'd learned in his training: only 1 to 2% of type 2 diabetics manage to get and keep control of their diabetes through diet and exercise alone. I was both shocked at this low number and yet not surprised as I knew what they recommend type 2 diabetics to eat. I suspect the percentage of type 2 diabetics on this forum who have had success with LCHF and no meds is much greater than 2%. Anyway, I tried to tell them that the official recommended diet is why that number was so low, but they looked at me like I was speaking Swahili. At least I tried. I have an appointment with my diabetes nurse this week. It should be interesting.
This forum has been very helpful in my quest to control my blood glucose levels - thanks to all of you!
My question :- Have I reversed my Type 2, what do you think ?