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    Newcastle Diet: reporting from Crete..

    So, a bit late on the update this week.. It was a weird week.. Changes that were made was adding sunflower seeds to up the fat I was consuming and psyllium husks because I hoped it would make me more regular.. I think I also drank too little water.. This or other things led to weird stuff...
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    Eating High Carb Low Fat, an alternative?

    @NoCrbs4Me As I have stated before I am really bad at dieting.. While I was doing hclf without slip ups I had my glucose numbers in the non diabetic range.. HCLF with slip ups pushes them to the prediabetic range.. My goal by doing ND is to get to a point where I can have a slip up once in a...
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    Eating High Carb Low Fat, an alternative?

    @Avocado Sevenfold: I wouldn't be too worried about the HCLF as I tried it and as long as I adhered to it, it worked for me.. as long as you remain under 10% fat all should be good :) My further experience concerning HCLF will continue after ND is over early in September, so till then updates...
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    Newcastle Diet: reporting from Crete..

    Time for the weekly update.. Weight is down another 3 kg (6.6 pounds), fbg remain nice and low.. 24.07: weight: 100.6 kg (222 pounds) fbg: 81 mg/dl (4.5 mmol/l) fbg 7 day average: 77 mg/dl (4.3 mmol/l) bmi: 35.6 Weight loss since starting ND 7.2 kg (16 pounds) Total weight loss since 30.06.16...
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    Eating High Carb Low Fat, an alternative?

    Good morning @Oldvatr :) I did not post a lipid profile because I didn't have one done.. I had one done before hclf when I was diagnosed with diabetes.. Cholesterol was ok.. Triglycerides were rather high, I think about 400 (but I have no idea what kind of units).. Greece is trying to cut back...
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    Eating High Carb Low Fat, an alternative?

    thanks @Avocado Sevenfold ! :D I read the same thing around here somewhere as well and I do wonder about that.. right now through oat bran and flax seed I am usually around 8-10 grams of fat.. Would I notice anything if my gallbladder thought this is too little? I mean, I've got lots of fat on...
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    What do you think about Michael Greger says about Diabetes?

    @titaniumshark I've written a thread about this over here http://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/eating-high-carb-low-fat-an-alternative.104815/
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    Eating High Carb Low Fat, an alternative?

    @Worrierfrog don't worry (yes I know very bad pun.. I love your name though :D) So the theory states that the reason one is insulin resistant isn't that there isn't enough insulin around (at least not as long as your pancreas is still ok) but that it cannot do it's work due to fat blocking the...
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    What do you think about Michael Greger says about Diabetes?

    @JenniferG if you are interested in a plant based approach to diabetes I would suggest the book "Dr. Neal Barnard's Program for Reversing Diabetes".. Or watch one of his speeches on youtube about diabetes.. There is much more information in there than in the how not to die book :)
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    Newcastle Diet: reporting from Crete..

    @SunnyExpat nah.. I am on no medication at all.. nor insulin..
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    Newcastle Diet: reporting from Crete..

    So this morning my fbg reading was 65 mg/dl which would be a 3.6 mmol/l .. I understand that this reading is within the normal range if one considers the margin of error allowed.. but do I have to start worrying that this diet is working too well? And do I have even lower blood sugars when my...
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    Eating High Carb Low Fat, an alternative?

    Is there a place on this forum where one could keep a kind of diary about their progress?
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    Eating High Carb Low Fat, an alternative?

    @zand I totally agree about the combination of fat and carbs being fatal.. half fat half carbs seems to be the magic formula that is irresistible to humans.. see: cookies, crisps, and the like.. It's not just the carbs it is the combination of carbs and fat.. So in my opinion you have to...
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    Eating High Carb Low Fat, an alternative?

    So @tim2000s asked if I could make a topic discussing a high carb low fat diet for diabetes type 2 control. A disclaimer up front: I am extremely bad at dieting.. Most of the time I can't keep dieting for longer than a month or two.. I have been overweight/obese for all my life so I have tried...