@Chook
Can i stay with it long term?
Not sure i have a choice, really.
The last 4-5 years i have tried
- varying carb amounts from 20g up to 50ish
- varying calorie amounts, from 1,200 up to around 3,000
- varying exercise amounts from regular gym cardio, weights and spa, right down to gentle dog trundles in the park (when my back problem was playing up)
- varying water intake
- i have eliminated dairy products containing whey, coffee, all grains (with a focus on gluten), and only eat root veg in minute amounts
- dropped and varied protein intake
- tried intermittent fasting consistently for a year
- tried varying snacks and routines to reduce my Dawn Phenomenon/ Waking Phenomenon
None of them have had anywhere near the effect on my blood glucose that dropping to under 20g carbs has.
Up until now, the best I could do was keeping my morning figures in the 6s, and my afternoon figures in the high 5s.
I'm now an average 1 mmol/l lower through the day, with insignificant rises with food.
It must be what my body has been needing all the time.
I guess I am just one of those people that Voleck and Phinney talk about whose metabolisms are so broken that they need to get under 20g a day and stay there for life.
As for you ladies, all i can say is that while you have the Plague on board, you won't be getting any idea of what effect these foods are
really having on you. Viruses muck everything up! I suspect that you will know the virus has gone for good when your blood glucose readings drift down too.
Edited for spelling