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<blockquote data-quote="the_anticarb" data-source="post: 425181" data-attributes="member: 16982"><p>For specific diabetes advice - not that great. For general support/encouragement - yes. What kind of insulin is he on? If he's on long acting and short acting he will probably find that he needs to stop or severely reduce the short acting (as the meals will have practically no carbs in) and also reduce his long acting. If he's on mixed insulin it may be a bit more tricky. This is the bit where you need a bit of knowledge - or to have a HCP who is 'on side'. I'm worried that if your dad goes to his local practice diabetes nurse or hospital dietician they may poo-poo the diet as it is not following the nhs 'plenty of carbs' mantra. But if he does not know how to reduce his insulin then he may go too low. He could speak to the natural ketosis dietician and see if they can help, I'm not sure how good their diabetes knowledge is as I preferred to work that side of it out myself but they may be the best person to start with.</p><p></p><p>We're not supposed to give medical advice on here so I'll just tell you what I did when I followed this diet. I reduced my background to around 1/2 the usual dose and cut out the meal time insulin completely. I did the diet for 4 months and lost 2 stone. My hba1c was 6.6. Best of all no hypos, as I was not using rapid acting insulin. You can feel slightly lacking in energy the first couple of weeks but this is NOT because we need carbs for energy - it is because the body is changing fuel and learning to get its energy from non carb foods. After the first couple of weeks I had MORE energy than before and was doing running every day.</p><p></p><p>Sadly I put all the weight back on when I was pregnant but it did work for a while. If you can put up with being on a restricted diet indefinitely it is a good diet but I found it really hard to eat differently to everyone else on a permanent basis and so once you go back to carbs the weight can creep back on.</p><p></p><p>But its good as a short to medium term measure to lose weight for a while.</p><p></p><p>I wish him luck with it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="the_anticarb, post: 425181, member: 16982"] For specific diabetes advice - not that great. For general support/encouragement - yes. What kind of insulin is he on? If he's on long acting and short acting he will probably find that he needs to stop or severely reduce the short acting (as the meals will have practically no carbs in) and also reduce his long acting. If he's on mixed insulin it may be a bit more tricky. This is the bit where you need a bit of knowledge - or to have a HCP who is 'on side'. I'm worried that if your dad goes to his local practice diabetes nurse or hospital dietician they may poo-poo the diet as it is not following the nhs 'plenty of carbs' mantra. But if he does not know how to reduce his insulin then he may go too low. He could speak to the natural ketosis dietician and see if they can help, I'm not sure how good their diabetes knowledge is as I preferred to work that side of it out myself but they may be the best person to start with. We're not supposed to give medical advice on here so I'll just tell you what I did when I followed this diet. I reduced my background to around 1/2 the usual dose and cut out the meal time insulin completely. I did the diet for 4 months and lost 2 stone. My hba1c was 6.6. Best of all no hypos, as I was not using rapid acting insulin. You can feel slightly lacking in energy the first couple of weeks but this is NOT because we need carbs for energy - it is because the body is changing fuel and learning to get its energy from non carb foods. After the first couple of weeks I had MORE energy than before and was doing running every day. Sadly I put all the weight back on when I was pregnant but it did work for a while. If you can put up with being on a restricted diet indefinitely it is a good diet but I found it really hard to eat differently to everyone else on a permanent basis and so once you go back to carbs the weight can creep back on. But its good as a short to medium term measure to lose weight for a while. I wish him luck with it. [/QUOTE]
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