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No I check nothing. I feel fine on my strange diet. I do not have a lack of insulin. I am always insulin resistant. I am simulating a severe type 2 diabetic.

I have some fat (inevitable). I have some carbs (inevitable). I am losing weight (tough for me). I eat enough low carb vegtables for health. I can live off my fat for a very long time (years).

As I said about 2-3 years ago doctors reported that a young teenager had controlled his type 1 diabetes by diet. I have never read the details and I am trying to figure out what they meany. I eat my diet because I do not restart my hormones which produce insulin resistance except when my...

Hi If necessary the liver changes fat into sugar. So you can eat very little sugar/starch/alchol and do fine. I am old but I have lived on a very low carb diet for over 12 years and my health has improved.

I do not lose weight on any standard low carb diet. I have to also cut the fats. In a low carb diet you are poring in the protein and that is why you lose weight. As your response indicates you may not have enough insulin release to warrant a hormone release. People with my genetics are...

Thanks. I know doctors were trying to control type 1 diabetes and had been su Hi I know there were doctors who were trying to control type 1 diabetes with diet.. They posted a picture of a teen age (guess 12,13,14) who they said had controlled his diabetes since birth. Can you cut the...

Hi I have a rare (in the U.K.) form of reactive hypoglycemia. I completely control my problem with a very low-carb diet. I guess I have been doing this for over 12 years. I have genetics (there are a bunch of us) so that I do not lose weight on a low-carb diet. I am presently losing...

Hi I have suffered from a form of reactive hypoglycemia since 1957. If I eat a lot of sugar/starch/alchol I get low sugar about 3 1/2 hours later. For over 12 years I have controlled my problem by eating a low-carb diet. With my genetics (many Indians have my gene) I do not lose weight...

Hi How come there are all those (doctors?, quacks?) who make money by helping the general population lose weight? Do you really think they all have an insulin problem? My glucose tolerance test (my gene) was found by 1 of those doctors who assumed everyone would lose weight on his diet. I...

Hi I have lost weight the old fashioned way by cutting back on fats as well as eating a very low-carb diet. I have hit a weight set point. I have no idea why I do not continue to lose weight. All the people who I have identified with my gene except 1 is fat. However this is a very...

Hi I keep posting that the doctors don't realize the simple reason why people lose weight on a low carb diet. We need insulin to process protein. Otherwise we have a build up of ammonia and die. When the insulin is in the blood it doesn't know that it is only supposed to process protein...

Hi My carb intake is used as fuel. I am not changing any of my carbs into fat. The "hunter" gene people save energy by not changing sugar into fat and then later changing fat into sugar. Our brains use a lot of sugar. If my blood sugar gets to high (whatever that means) my body turns off...

Hi That is why you lose weight. You put out insulin to process protein otherwise you have a build of ammonia and you die. The insulin doesn't know that it is only supposed to process protein it changes some of your blood sugar into fat. Then your body is not happy with the lower blood sugar...

Hi You don't quite get it. I am blessed (cursed?) with the "hunter" gene. If you read other responses on this post you will see that both experimentally and theoretical I will not lose weight on a low-carb diet (obviously I can starve). I posted to find out if type 2 diabetics were as...

Hi I am too old and (deceped?) to do that.

Hi I don't know but small enough that with my genetics I am always insulin resistant. A major amount of insulin resistance, more than type 2 diabetes without my genetics. I have to do this or I get some of my reactive hypoglycemia symptoms. My carb treats are maybe 3 handfuls of nuts...

Hi Note: I have the "hunter" gene I am very insulin resistant(generally more than type 2 diabetics) all the time with this diet. Maybe I eat less but.... I slowly gained weight for about 10 years. I then cut the fat in my diet as much as possible. I started to lose weight. I do not lose...

Hi My expert on adrenal problems is an Indian doctor he started out thinking like you do but as I figured out my theory his opinion has evolved. It is genetic, but does not have the same effects when food is generally scarce. Of the people I know (biased sample) only 1 is not fat. All...

Hi What is LCHF? You may be a candidate for a very low carb diet. I have eaten that to control a much milder symptom from my reactive hypoglycemia (chronic fatigue say 1/3 the symptoms of a bad case of chronic fatigue syndrome or maybe even less). It has taken years over 12 so far not sure...

Hi Insulin resistance is probably due to the body producing hormones which create it all the time (my weak theory). I would theorize that you are not a complete diabetic. In other words you can lose weight without pain if you change some sugar into fat. Obviously I could be wrong. I...