Short answer : No - not all. LCHF or LCHP is very difficult indeed for Vegans and for some Vegetarians.
Long answer: What is your definition of 'works' ?
I only know of 3 non-surgical ways of controlling Insulin (and T2 = Carb Intolerance = Insulin Resistance - so more Insulin tends to make it worse). Over the longer term (>2yrs) they all have similar (cf. 35% to 60%) successful T2 remission rates for those who can stick with them over the long term.
That 2nd half of the last sentence is key - because there is no 'cure' non whatsoever, not even Surgery.
If you are on Insulin (or Insulin producing medication, then you can't go Low Carb (or any of the others) without matching your Insulin dose to your Carb intake - so it is harder for you to do than for others on either no meds or on just Metformin.
The 3 ways are:
1. Low Carb (with either High Fat or High Protein) - i.e. count carbs not Calories and eat what your Blood Glucose meter tells you is OK for you. -This is sustainable for the vast majority of people.
2. Fasting. This can range from 'Time restricted Eating' aka Intermittent Fasting e.g. 16:8 or 18:6 through One Meal A Day (OMAD) through alternate day fasting, though various longer fasting plans. - Shorter fasts are sustainable, but longer ones are not sustainable after initial weight loss.
3. Traditional or new style Calorie restricted Diets e.g. Weight Watchers, Slimming World etc. through to Newcastle Diet (DIRECT) or Michaels Mosely's 'Blood Sugar Diet. - None of these are sustainable and a transition of some other method needs to be done for the longer term. Worse still the traditional (an possibly even the new style ones are likely to reduce metabolic rate (semi-permanently) making more restriction required in order to maintain the weight loss - or even maintain the ideal weight.
Hi Ian,
While I agree with some of your generalisations, you make some definite statements that make me uncomfortable, and I would urge you to provide some references for them.
Examples of the things I think you need to reference:
- the sources and studies that support your claim that they 'all have similar (cf. 35% to 60%) successful T2 remission rates for those who can stick with them over the long term'.
- an explanation of what you are referring to as a 'cure' and what you are not.
- what makes you think that LC is sustainable for 'the vast majority of people'.
- what your evidence is that fasting results in 'a similar remission rate'. I would love to see your source studies for that.
- what makes you state that WW and SW result in 'successful T2 remission rates'
To be clear, I am not disagreeing with your statements, because I have not seen the evidence (studies, research and other verifiable evidence) to either confirm or deny your statements. But I would very much like to see that evidence, because without it, your statements are unfounded.