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Here's a critique of the Lancet study. Some glaring omissions, especially when it comes to how those of us who develop diabetes are figured into the results. https://cluelessdoctors.com/2018/08/17/when-bad-science-can-harm-you/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

Good work. I agree with the earlier comment about using the meter. There's a confusing array of opinions about just about anything to do with blood glucose and what to do or not do. But once you know how your body responds to various things you eat, you can choose to govern yourself accordingly...

Thanks for a great post with lots of useful info and links. I don't know if "beloved" is how I'd now describe bread, though. Bread, along with crackers and potato chips, were my crack cocaine when I was in my carb addict phase. "Fatal attraction" might be closer to it.

First off, good work for doing post meal testing. I think this is one of the most useful things you can do. I believe the standard is 2 hrs after as well described here. I have a different approach which seems to work for me. I test to get direct readings from my own metabolism about which...

Does someone know if there is a similar published study for the Low Carb Program?

I am one of those low carb 'hyper-responders' faced with high LDL but not low HDL or high Trigs. So, 'what should I be concerned about?', 'what should I focus on?' and 'what should I do?' are all questions that I also have. My current doctor is an old school "LDL=bad" type guy who places great...

I'm not so sure T2D is progressive either. After 40 years in business, one of the most dangerous things I've found is to treat an assumption as a fact. Especially since "what everybody knows" is frequently wrong. So, a question I've found useful (and that in retrospect, I wish I had asked more...

I'd go with what's effective and sustainable. My own experience has been that despite good intentions, sticking with calorie restricted diets didn't work for me for more than 3-6 months. With LCHF I have been able to stick with it over the long term, stay healthy and keep my bg readings reliably...

Good on you for taking note of the dedicated professionals who helped you. I'd be careful, though, in assuming that organizational self-interest is your protection against outmoded thinking or ineffective practices. My experience with pre-d was that educating myself, taking responsibility for...

With all due respect to the medical profession and the amazing things they've done for us all, I suspect they are inclined to drinking their own bathwater at times. (Not unlike the rest of us.) If I were you I'd ask the dietician next time where her approach will get you, healthwise. If it is...

Would be useful info. Good luck finding a pharma company to fund that research.

Speaking of diet breakthroughs, I thought a little perspective might be in order. Lord Byron popularized the vinegar and water diet in 1820. If that doesn't qualify as low cal I don't know what does. I've seen a low carb diet book for diabetics which I believe dated from the late 1800's or...

Yes, switching the exercise makes a diff for me. Used to do aerobic LSD (long slow distance). Now a couple diff types of interval and resistance. Feels better and notice BG creeps up a bit w/o exercise.

I think you've got it covered contralto. If you do have pre-d, no better time to find out than right now, and no better place to find out what you need to do about it than right here.

I'd agree with ringi, but I would have said decades instead of years.

Thanks ringi. Eye opening. One of the things I am getting is that reversal rates are not just one number, there are different factors at work. One of the strong factors affecting reversal seems to be where in the type 2 natural history the nutritional therapy intervention takes place. Sooner...

As Homer Simpson would say, "Doh! It seemed like a good idea at the time."

I don't see a problem here. Unwin and the low carb docs get 50%. Guzzler gets 50%. NHS keeps spending. Everyone's happy.

You have a point on the NHS money. If they're committed to spending money for pharmaceuticals, who are we to get in the way? I would think a 50/50 split of the savings is fair. Will you be invoicing them or is there a NHS form for that?

I came across an article on the Virta Health blog, "How Much Money Could Your State Save with Diabetes Reversal?" What's interesting is that the article quotes a 47.7% reversal rate in calculating savings to health administrations through reversing type 2 diabetes through Virta's low carb...