You're welcome. Type 2 diabetes is s weird condition. In many cases the individual can almost choose the level of reversal by lifestyle. But is it is like wearing a white shirt whilst eating tomatoes soup and trying not to splash any on it. The temptation to try to go back to previous ways is a massive draw. Diabetes is a relentless foe who lurks waiting for a slip up.
At the same time it is one of the few potentially fatal / life changing / limiting conditions that "we" can mitigate. Even if remission isn't reached, major improvement and potential avoidance of complications is completely possible and probable if sacrifices are made.
The sacrifices are mentally a challenge but technically easy (and hard in the face of high carb societies) on the protocol I follow - no rice, pasta, potatoes, grain based foods, vegetable oils, sugars, cereals and fake foods. Sounds restrictive, but I have beef, lamb, pork, chicken, fish, seafood - this alone allows for infinite combinations, from West Indian, Chinese, Italian, Indian, etc. Non starchy veg, such as courgettes, cabbage, greens, green beans, mushrooms, asparagus, tomatoes, broccoli and similar (I can tolerate butternut squash). For desserts, coconut, some nuts, dark chocolate, dairy, low carb bakes, fruit being all berries (I now can have the occasional orange and last week an apple off the tree in my garden - these later 2 items should only come into the diet when insulin sensitive in my view).
It can be as simple as mince meat, onions, mushrooms and cauliflower rice, with almond pancakes with berries. When eating out this is hardly slumming it:
Oysters:
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Beef, mushrooms, onions, tomatoes & Vegetables (very easy to swap chips for veg and remove any sugary items):
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Cheese with Celery (got extra hard cheese in place of biscuits):
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