Hi everyone.
I was wondering if anyone has been on Med's for years, and has taken nhs advice re high carb meals, and then decided to follow lchf diet and been able to stop Med's completely. As a long term t2 (17 years) I just would like to know others experiences
Tia.
I know someone who has make a massive change after a number of years of increasing numbers and meds. He has not (yet) ditched his medication as he must pass stringent medicals periodically for his work insurers who will not issue a certificate where medication has changed (started, changed or stopped) within three months of the medical, so he has to time both his stopping of medication and medical carefully.
Much will depend on so many factors, from dietary compliance to underlying bodily function. Some of us are lucky our bodies actually work extremely well on a diet suitable for ourselves whereas some others seem to have underlying damage to their beta cells or other medical conditions influencing their baseline HbA1c scores. By that latter comment, I'm thinking of some of those who take long term, hefty steroids.
If you are considering it for yourself, give it a go. Surely the prospect of being medication-free is pretty beguiling? I know I love not being tethered to the pharmacy every month. That wouldn't fit my lifestyle well at all.
Good luck with it all.