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Tannith said:
The replies on this (the original) thread really sadden me. So many people for whom low carb isn't working but many of whom have passed the window of opportunity for doing weight loss instead. I am pretty frightened of being in that position myself, and being unable to reverse my T2 because I dropped the weight loss diet too soon. By the time I re started it I had been over 4 years T2, possibly more. After 4 years it gets much more difficult to reverse T2 as the beta cells get more and more damaged over time and often can't be revived. Until last week, when my OGT results improved in a bit of a jump, I had become really terrified that I would be stuck with T2 for life, and was getting depressed by it. I couldn't face having no option but to try either low carb or drugs, neither of which offer anything more than remission at best, rather than complete reversal. And for many, including some of those posting on here, low carb doesn't work for them. By the time you have had T2 for 10 years your chances of reversal by weight loss have reduced to 50/50. That's why I think it is so very important to try weight loss first, as doing low carb early on can waste precious time, and cost you your window of opportunity for a diet that is capable of reversing T2 rather than simply putting it into remission by lowering your HBA1C. You have the rest of your life to try low carb as there is no time limit on it.
This and several of the subsequent posts have been moved to a new thread to avoid derailing that thread:
Tannith said:
The replies on this (the original) thread really sadden me. So many people for whom low carb isn't working but many of whom have passed the window of opportunity for doing weight loss instead. I am pretty frightened of being in that position myself, and being unable to reverse my T2 because I dropped the weight loss diet too soon. By the time I re started it I had been over 4 years T2, possibly more. After 4 years it gets much more difficult to reverse T2 as the beta cells get more and more damaged over time and often can't be revived. Until last week, when my OGT results improved in a bit of a jump, I had become really terrified that I would be stuck with T2 for life, and was getting depressed by it. I couldn't face having no option but to try either low carb or drugs, neither of which offer anything more than remission at best, rather than complete reversal. And for many, including some of those posting on here, low carb doesn't work for them. By the time you have had T2 for 10 years your chances of reversal by weight loss have reduced to 50/50. That's why I think it is so very important to try weight loss first, as doing low carb early on can waste precious time, and cost you your window of opportunity for a diet that is capable of reversing T2 rather than simply putting it into remission by lowering your HBA1C. You have the rest of your life to try low carb as there is no time limit on it.
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