ketogenic diet

Hi all, I'm an A level student currently writing up a dissertation for an Extended Project Qualification which investigates the role of diet in management of Diabetes. It would be super useful to gather some primary research to include in my project so I was wondering if anyone could spare a...

Hi I was diagnosed as T2 in January this year. My initial results were BS 11.5, HBAIC 56 & cholesterol 5.7. Blood pressure was 190/90 & I weighed 15.6 stone!!!. I read about the Keto & LCHF diets a month later & decided to give Keto a try. For 2 months I consumed 20gms of carbs per day with...

Hi folks, My wife is insulin resistant and became pre-diabetic two years ago. It was a big shock and since then, we have both become a lot more in touch with nutrition and food. We've been able to significantly transform our health through food. Having had a good browse around this forum...

Hi all, First, I've been locked out of my account so all my other LCHF posts are in the ether however I was an active forum member and successful LC-er losing 3 stones in about a year. Eventually though I went astray for various health related reasons and regained most of the weight. I...

I have not been diagnosed with diabetes, however I think I could be pre diabetic. I know absolutely nothing about the disease, but did purchase and monitor as I wish to follow a Ketogenic diet. My fasting reading was not good from reading up it was 8.2mmol. Any advise on where I can find help...

I am diabetic type 2 and take statins and metformin. I am on a strict ketogenic diet, carbs < 20g/day. I asked Dr Jason Fung on Diet Doctor the following: When in ketosis I may be relying on gluconeogenesis to produce glucose for my brain. If the Metformin I am taking inhibits glucose...

Hello all! Last spring I tried the ketogenic diet; I wanted so much to see and feel all of its benefits for my type 1 diabetes. Indeed, my blood sugar was so nice compared to the usual fluctuations that I have! But the problem is that I had side effects that would not disappear. Headaches...