Hey guys,
first, introducing myself: I'm a prediabetic in an early stage, diagnosed one year ago with HbA1c 5.3%. Luckily, my doctor went for the good old OGTT that discovered the disorder then.
Anyway, since then I settled for a LCHF diet, which worked pretty well. A1C dopped to 5.0%. Had no bad experiences with that diet. However, blood values showed increased cholesterol and a sour ph-value. So I happen to come across Barnard who proposes a strict vegan diet. I am trying it for several days now and it feels pretty good to be honest.
My breakfast consist of self made oatmeal with fruits now (gee, this is so delicious, never tried that before). The first days I measured my BG and I was really surprised about the moderate impact on my levels. It was like 140/45min and 108/60min. However, I found that too surprising and had a certain feeling. So I measured more continuous. And there I had the proof: 109/20min, 212/30min, 197/40min. So the only reason why I had moderate increases the day before is because I measured too late. Oatmeal impacts my level surprisingly fast, only after 20 minutes already.
Needless to say, this diet cannot work for prediabetics if you have to accept such dramatic spikes which fiercely attack your beta cells. If you do this every morning it is just a matter of time that your beta cells will cave in, rather sooner than later. And I will certainly not try this for several weeks, as Barnard suggests, while stating the spikes will cease later.
Anyway, I am still curious and would like to ask if someone is on this forum who tried this quasi-contradicting diet. Not avoiding carbs but actually implmenting them to a great amount into your diet still seems quite interesting to me. Here is the summary of his diet again:
1. No animal products
2. No other fat (like oils)
3. Only low GI/GL food
His four groups of nutrition:
1. Legumes
2. Grains
3. Fruits
4. Vegetabiles
Ok, I am happy to discuss now
first, introducing myself: I'm a prediabetic in an early stage, diagnosed one year ago with HbA1c 5.3%. Luckily, my doctor went for the good old OGTT that discovered the disorder then.
Anyway, since then I settled for a LCHF diet, which worked pretty well. A1C dopped to 5.0%. Had no bad experiences with that diet. However, blood values showed increased cholesterol and a sour ph-value. So I happen to come across Barnard who proposes a strict vegan diet. I am trying it for several days now and it feels pretty good to be honest.
My breakfast consist of self made oatmeal with fruits now (gee, this is so delicious, never tried that before). The first days I measured my BG and I was really surprised about the moderate impact on my levels. It was like 140/45min and 108/60min. However, I found that too surprising and had a certain feeling. So I measured more continuous. And there I had the proof: 109/20min, 212/30min, 197/40min. So the only reason why I had moderate increases the day before is because I measured too late. Oatmeal impacts my level surprisingly fast, only after 20 minutes already.
Needless to say, this diet cannot work for prediabetics if you have to accept such dramatic spikes which fiercely attack your beta cells. If you do this every morning it is just a matter of time that your beta cells will cave in, rather sooner than later. And I will certainly not try this for several weeks, as Barnard suggests, while stating the spikes will cease later.
Anyway, I am still curious and would like to ask if someone is on this forum who tried this quasi-contradicting diet. Not avoiding carbs but actually implmenting them to a great amount into your diet still seems quite interesting to me. Here is the summary of his diet again:
1. No animal products
2. No other fat (like oils)
3. Only low GI/GL food
His four groups of nutrition:
1. Legumes
2. Grains
3. Fruits
4. Vegetabiles
Ok, I am happy to discuss now