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<blockquote data-quote="Doubting_Diabetic" data-source="post: 1665942" data-attributes="member: 427806"><p>I am probably mentioning information that has already been mentioned here but it is good to revisit. This sight, Diet Doctor.com, and Dr. Jason Fung are tremendous resources. Great advice, great recipes, and valuable information. There are a lot of resources out there. I can prove the viability of low carb-high fat. 4 years ago I was diagnosed with T2. Put on metformin and a multitude of different drugs. On 29Dec2014 I had a stroke related to a tumor in my heart. After another stroke and a heart surgery to remove the mixoma, the nurses put me on insulin because it was easier for them to control the diabetes, they said. Once I had my head about me I told my Dr. that I was not doing insulin and that I would defeat diabetes. By that time I was on 700UI of insulin a week plus I now weighed 358 pounds (US). In the course of 3 months I was not taking any corrective insulin. My daughter was scheduled to get married 1000 miles away and I told the Dr. that I would be insulin free before I went there. He about had a heart attack. "You will kill yourself" he said. 6 weeks later I went to my appointment with him and told him I was no longer taking insulin, my BG was 73 average (US) and he did an A1C and I was at 5.4 (US). I walked my daughter down the aisle without my walker, and survived the ordeal. It is now 3 years later, eating very low carb Keto diet. I have lost 170 pounds, my average BG is 73-83, and my A1C is 5.2. I will never go back to eating the old way again. I know that eating 5-7 grams of carbs per day is not achievable by most people but what do I have to lose? OH, yes, my eyesight, my limbs, my liver, my kidneys and ultimately my life. These are very good reasons not to eat the prescribed diet that many professionals tell you to eat because that is what the dogma says. Forget the food guides, eat what your body and glucose meter tell you is best. Good luck with the low carb-high fat lifestyle because that is what it is, not a diet but a LIFE style.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Doubting_Diabetic, post: 1665942, member: 427806"] I am probably mentioning information that has already been mentioned here but it is good to revisit. This sight, Diet Doctor.com, and Dr. Jason Fung are tremendous resources. Great advice, great recipes, and valuable information. There are a lot of resources out there. I can prove the viability of low carb-high fat. 4 years ago I was diagnosed with T2. Put on metformin and a multitude of different drugs. On 29Dec2014 I had a stroke related to a tumor in my heart. After another stroke and a heart surgery to remove the mixoma, the nurses put me on insulin because it was easier for them to control the diabetes, they said. Once I had my head about me I told my Dr. that I was not doing insulin and that I would defeat diabetes. By that time I was on 700UI of insulin a week plus I now weighed 358 pounds (US). In the course of 3 months I was not taking any corrective insulin. My daughter was scheduled to get married 1000 miles away and I told the Dr. that I would be insulin free before I went there. He about had a heart attack. "You will kill yourself" he said. 6 weeks later I went to my appointment with him and told him I was no longer taking insulin, my BG was 73 average (US) and he did an A1C and I was at 5.4 (US). I walked my daughter down the aisle without my walker, and survived the ordeal. It is now 3 years later, eating very low carb Keto diet. I have lost 170 pounds, my average BG is 73-83, and my A1C is 5.2. I will never go back to eating the old way again. I know that eating 5-7 grams of carbs per day is not achievable by most people but what do I have to lose? OH, yes, my eyesight, my limbs, my liver, my kidneys and ultimately my life. These are very good reasons not to eat the prescribed diet that many professionals tell you to eat because that is what the dogma says. Forget the food guides, eat what your body and glucose meter tell you is best. Good luck with the low carb-high fat lifestyle because that is what it is, not a diet but a LIFE style. [/QUOTE]
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