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<blockquote data-quote="Ryhia" data-source="post: 2354012" data-attributes="member: 503862"><p>I was told I was pre-diabetic during a checkup in late 2017. I was diagnosed T2 early 2019 when doc decided to do a spot check on bloods because I had been complaining of itching skin which I had had for a few years so should not have been diabetes related. Initial HbA1c was 54, a second confirmatory HbA1c came in at 52. Just before diagnosis I had seen a tv programme about the Newcastle diet. On diagnosis, I read all I could on Roy Taylor trials and decided that a VLC diet was something I could do as I was used to VLC diets, 800 to 1000 cals being the norm for me when I was trying to lose weight - I didn't use shakes rather I was having salads and soups and things. I understood that exercise was good so I was also using an airwalker for around an hour a day. No problem with the diet until one day my blood pressure hit the roof and I was also started having palpitations. I got a shock when I checked my BP so phoned an emergency appointment with my GP. Initially a nurse took my blood pressure and my pulse then went running for the doc. My doc said he thought I had gone into starvation mode - he reckoned the exercise was probably taking up 300 of my 800 cal intake. Doc told me I could continue the diet but if I was exercising, to up my cals to 1000 a day. I also needed to have a Holter test as it was suspected that I may have developed atrial fibrillation. Tests showed it was an ectopic heartbeat which fortunately is not so bad. I lost 10kilos in weight whilst on the low cal diet, this was around 12% of my body weight so I was hoping for a good result when my next HbA1c (3months after diagnosis) came around. That HbA1c came back at 47 which was quite disappointing. I actually believed at the time that I could reverse my diagnosis, and whilst 47 was better than 52 it was certainly not the "cure" I was hoping for. I also found that as a result of the diet I had lost all my muscle strength and was as weak as a kitten. After the 8 weeks I changed to a low carb diet and by 8 months I had lost around 22 kilos well over 15% of body weight and got my diabetes under control but I do have to be very strict low carb to keep my bloods in order. I went from being pre-diabetic to T2 by following the dietary advice given to me by the HCPs so for me Low Carb is the only way to go.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ryhia, post: 2354012, member: 503862"] I was told I was pre-diabetic during a checkup in late 2017. I was diagnosed T2 early 2019 when doc decided to do a spot check on bloods because I had been complaining of itching skin which I had had for a few years so should not have been diabetes related. Initial HbA1c was 54, a second confirmatory HbA1c came in at 52. Just before diagnosis I had seen a tv programme about the Newcastle diet. On diagnosis, I read all I could on Roy Taylor trials and decided that a VLC diet was something I could do as I was used to VLC diets, 800 to 1000 cals being the norm for me when I was trying to lose weight - I didn't use shakes rather I was having salads and soups and things. I understood that exercise was good so I was also using an airwalker for around an hour a day. No problem with the diet until one day my blood pressure hit the roof and I was also started having palpitations. I got a shock when I checked my BP so phoned an emergency appointment with my GP. Initially a nurse took my blood pressure and my pulse then went running for the doc. My doc said he thought I had gone into starvation mode - he reckoned the exercise was probably taking up 300 of my 800 cal intake. Doc told me I could continue the diet but if I was exercising, to up my cals to 1000 a day. I also needed to have a Holter test as it was suspected that I may have developed atrial fibrillation. Tests showed it was an ectopic heartbeat which fortunately is not so bad. I lost 10kilos in weight whilst on the low cal diet, this was around 12% of my body weight so I was hoping for a good result when my next HbA1c (3months after diagnosis) came around. That HbA1c came back at 47 which was quite disappointing. I actually believed at the time that I could reverse my diagnosis, and whilst 47 was better than 52 it was certainly not the "cure" I was hoping for. I also found that as a result of the diet I had lost all my muscle strength and was as weak as a kitten. After the 8 weeks I changed to a low carb diet and by 8 months I had lost around 22 kilos well over 15% of body weight and got my diabetes under control but I do have to be very strict low carb to keep my bloods in order. I went from being pre-diabetic to T2 by following the dietary advice given to me by the HCPs so for me Low Carb is the only way to go. [/QUOTE]
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