BANTING IS THE WAY TO GO

[Alfred Schmid]

Due to Banting my Diabetes T2 is under control without having to take any medication for the last 3 years Today's Result HbA1c 5.2% in the last 3 years it has never been higher then 5.7% this means I am Non - diabetic thanks to Prof. TIM NOAKES The motto just eat real food

 

[Squire Fulwood]

I learned yesterday that he inspired a new verb To Bant. I like it.

 

[Squire Fulwood]

Also I learned yesterday that William Banting was just some fat bloke who went to see Dr. William Harvey about it. Dr. Harvey gave him a diet and he lost so much weight that he wrote a public letter popularising the LCHF diet. Dr. Harvey in his turn learned about it from lectures given by Claud Bernard in Paris who talked about controlling diabetes by diet. Claud Bernard was the clever one and was considered a great scientist and was given a public funeral. He lost a lot of friends by his attitude to vivisection on live animals which he did with gusto.

So he's a lumberjack and he's alright ........................

 

[bulkbiker]

Due to Banting my Diabetes T2 is under control without having to take any medication for the last 3 years Today's Result HbA1c 5.2% in the last 3 years it has never been higher then 5.7% this means I am Non - diabetic thanks to Prof. TIM NOAKES The motto just eat real food

Yep whatever you call it LCHF/Keto/Banting seems to work very well for a whole load of people.

 

[Tabbyjoolz]

Met with a personal trainer yesterday who gave my low-carb diet a massive thumbs up! The message is getting through, but it's a shame most health professionals are still putting their fingers in their ears and singing la-la-la.

 

[bulkbiker]

Met with a personal trainer yesterday who gave my low-carb diet a massive thumbs up! The message is getting through, but it's a shame most health professionals are still putting their fingers in their ears and singing la-la-la.

To give them some credit it does go against everything they have been taught and instructed to tell us. I just find it a bit disappointing when someone like the GP I saw, who is the head of the diabetes practice at our surgery, had never even heard of things like Prof Roy Taylor or the Newcastle Diet (I was afraid to mention LCHF in case he had a myocadrial infarction). It seems they are unwilling to learn which in my view is more unforgivable than pushing the old methods.. and don't get me started on statins...

 

[Tabbyjoolz]

Ha! I won't get you started on statins - I've turned them down myself twice so far and I'm sure I'll get offered them again even if my cholesterol readings improve at my next HbA1C.

My GP did know of the Newcastle Diet (and said I probably wouldn't want to try it. He's right there!). Now my knowledge of diabetes, LCHF and intermittent fasting is much more extensive, I shall test him next time I see him ;-)

I've nearly finished reading Obesity 101. Wow. Just wow.

 

[bulkbiker]

Not a bad idea.. go to see your GP and give him a diabetes quiz test.. if gets too many wrong try another..

 

[Geordie_P]

A friend lent me the Banting pamphlet, and it was pretty inspiring. I'm leaving the claret and roast mutton out of my diet for now, but I'd definitely recommend everyone has a read of Banting at some point.