The 20g of carbs and good blood sugar control is without injecting insulin or any other meds.
I was put on insulin immediately because the consultants were not absolutely sure if I had type 1 or 2 as I had also lost loads of weight and BS were so high and there were ketones also. Was on insulin for 4 years - in which time I put on 3 stones in weight. I lowered my carbs and lost the weight and came off the insulin - almost.
l was not fully off because I still had a stock of insulin in my fridge and I was able to experiment with carbs and inject when BS went too high. So basically I was off and on the insulin like a yo yo. By trial and error I found 14g to 20g carbs meant I didn't need to inject. I also started intermittent fasting in March 2018 which I think is helping. I have kept to this for 6 months and haven't had to inject anything in this time. So from April 2016 to Match 2018 I was low carb before absolutely fully coming off the insulin.
I think I am very lucky - actually extremely lucky. I do wonder if the 4 years on insulin gave my pancreas a chance to rest. If I had been prescribed one of the meds that force the pancreas to produce more and more insulin it might have been fully 'clapped out' by now instead of only being partially 'clapped out'.
Also, I do wonder if Dr Fung is right that some people take years of low carb and intermittent fasting before they can come off the meds. So I am still hopeful that at some time in the future I will be able to eat more than 20g of good carbs without spiking BS.
I know that I am not out of the woods yet. Have got a a horrible virus and temperature and BS are hovering around 7. Hopefully this will resolve as soon as I am better and they will be back to the 5s. Have resisted the urge to inject insulin as i.am sure it makes the insulin resistance worse.
Thanks, your post left room for some ambiguity, which I just wanted to clear up, for my own understanding.
People are people, and just like some naturally fair haired people frazzle and burn in the sum, some, albeit a smaller number will tan beautifully and compound their gorgeousness.
In my view it is important that we understand at the outset of any regime that just because Janet or John round the corner achieved X or Y, it doesn't necessarily mean we will too - even family members adopting the same approach can vastly differ.
Interestingly, I attended a health even last week and for the first time, ever (I've done a few), there were several people rocking up to the stand I was on declaring they had reversed or put their T2 into remission. I was astonished, but to be honest, love him or loath them, people like Michael Mosely getting onto mainstream TV and radio talking about it is making a difference.
That said, when I enquired how those claiming remission/reversal (and I didn't ask them to define it for themselves), their approaches were very varied, and although loosely carbs were reduced, not, in their cases, as much as is often stated here.
These are interesting times in the world of diabetes, and in my opinion there's never been a better time to be diagnosed than now - if one had to be diagnosed at all