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- Type of diabetes
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Hi @ziggy_w
Glad to find someone who has had a similar experience with the system here. I must say though that my current Internist has been very patient with me and has motivated me a bit to do something about my situation. He is very honest though that he is not qualified to give dietary advice and I say fair enough. The experience I have mentioned above is what I had with my very first Internist.
Like I have mentioned in one of my earlier posts, I have tried a few different things and the way I see it, it boils down to one thing, fat getting into places where it shouldn't be, thereby upsetting the balance of things and derailing the glucose metabolism mechanism. LCHF works on the principle of getting fat adapted so one does not have to worry about glucose metabolism. It comes with the drawback though that one's response to carbs will only get worse over time.
Vegan diets (when done right) seem to clean up your random fat storages, streamlining mechanisms the way they should be. Scientific evidence in this regard seems to be still emerging and a lot of it is still anecdotal. However, there are two things that convince me. Firstly, it is relatively easy to try and intuitive. Secondly, I come from a culture where generations of my family have been vegetarians. So any arguments about malnutrition etc can be easily ignored.
I agree that there is no one solution that fits all. Had that been the case, this epidemic would not have spiralled out of control the way it has. What we need to acknowledge though is that very different things will work for different people.
I see that your A1C went from 11 to 5.5 in just 4 months. Did you do it with LCHF and Metformin alone?
Glad to find someone who has had a similar experience with the system here. I must say though that my current Internist has been very patient with me and has motivated me a bit to do something about my situation. He is very honest though that he is not qualified to give dietary advice and I say fair enough. The experience I have mentioned above is what I had with my very first Internist.
Like I have mentioned in one of my earlier posts, I have tried a few different things and the way I see it, it boils down to one thing, fat getting into places where it shouldn't be, thereby upsetting the balance of things and derailing the glucose metabolism mechanism. LCHF works on the principle of getting fat adapted so one does not have to worry about glucose metabolism. It comes with the drawback though that one's response to carbs will only get worse over time.
Vegan diets (when done right) seem to clean up your random fat storages, streamlining mechanisms the way they should be. Scientific evidence in this regard seems to be still emerging and a lot of it is still anecdotal. However, there are two things that convince me. Firstly, it is relatively easy to try and intuitive. Secondly, I come from a culture where generations of my family have been vegetarians. So any arguments about malnutrition etc can be easily ignored.
I agree that there is no one solution that fits all. Had that been the case, this epidemic would not have spiralled out of control the way it has. What we need to acknowledge though is that very different things will work for different people.
I see that your A1C went from 11 to 5.5 in just 4 months. Did you do it with LCHF and Metformin alone?