catherinecherub said:
I know you always advocate high fat and minimal carbs. I would like to know if that way of management is working for you as I have seen your interest in bariatric surgery and byetta?
Perhaps you would be willing to post about your weight loss and control? I know these things are sometimes personal but it would help others to see how this works for you.
I do advocate high fat - the reason for this is that I use it as a way to control my appetite. I find that fat gives me a feeling of fullness that I do not get from other foods.
The less I eat, the lower my BG levels.
I can say with absolute certainty, that when I do fall off the wagon, and eat carbohydrates, my levels spiral out of control, and my weight goes up.
co-incedentally, my fat intake usually goes down when I cheat with carbs - the weight still piles on.
WRT to my interest in bariatric surgery, what fascinates me is that when bariatric surgery reverses diabetes in Type 2 patients, it is not as a result of the following weight loss over time, but as an effect of the actual surgery. In the days following the surgery, the patients BG levels usually fall to normal levels, and stay there. Obviously this is not the case with all patients, but it is cause for further research.
Could it be that there is something in the stomach of overweight Type 2s that causes BG levels to remain elevated? And could it be that interfering with the stomach (using a gastric band) reverses, or stops whatever is happening to cause elevated levels?
I don't know - I'm not a doctor. But I get the feeling that questions like this are not being asked. Everyone in the business is too busy rubbing their hands together at the prospect of curing the obesity epedemic using invasive surgery.