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  1. VictorVillalobos

    Remission: Fasting mimicking diet vs New Castle

    Hi, I am very curious to hear opinions comparing two methods of caloric restriction aiming for diabetes remission 1. The "New Castle diet", 8 week very low calorie diet, throughly discussed in these forums, versus 2. The Valter Longo approach of periodic fasting If you have tried either one...
  2. VictorVillalobos

    Can a HbA1c of 4.3 (23 mmol/mol) be possible?

    Hi Guys, Since many of you have a lot of experience on long-term, low carb diet: is it possible to achieve a HbA1c=4.3 (23mmol/mol)? Average doctors do not know. The laboratory says the value is correct, but I have doubts. It seems to be out of range, even for normal persons. But perhaps...
  3. VictorVillalobos

    Did they told you which problems you have?

    Guys, since so many great people are here in the forum, I would like to ask you if you have found a good healthcare team. We need to identify those. So, to have high blood glucose is a symptom. Did they went deeper and told you something like "you have muscle, liver insulin resistance...
  4. VictorVillalobos

    8 causes of diabetes

    Hi Guys, I am starting this new thread because some of you out there were discussing already to move forward from the simple paradigm of muscle insulin resistance, liver insulin resistance and insufficient insulin production. Here is a more sophisticated model: the eight causes of diabetes. I...
  5. VictorVillalobos

    If we do not treat the causes, we cannot achieve true remission

    Hi All, I am writing this post as a motivation for others. I am not a poster example. I have multiple defects, but it might be inspiring for others. The previous people who wrote here their cases of diabetes remission were my inspiration. I was diagnosed with diabetes in 2014 but did not...