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Bernstein

fumanchu

fumanchu

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Diet only
Are there any type 2s who have diagnosed a while, like 8-9 years - and who are still following Bernstein successfully? What I'm trying to say is - does it work for type 2s for years ?
 
As a type 2 and now a type1 it has certainly worked the best it could. I still follow it and always will. It's the only thing that keeps my bs low and stable. Also allowing me to take much less insulin, less chance of hypos. Laws of small numbers is ingrained in my head.
 
Kirstin, can I ask you what happened when you found you were type 1? Husband has been on this way of eating for years but now we're struggling to keep his numbers where they were before.
Re Bernstein it's the one diet that I feel comfortable with and understand. He wanted to try the 800 cal-a-day diet to see if that helped but he is starving and the BS is not coming down, so we've decided to stay as we were.
 
fumanchu said:
Kirstin, can I ask you what happened when you found you were type 1? Husband has been on this way of eating for years but now we're struggling to keep his numbers where they were before.
Re Bernstein it's the one diet that I feel comfortable with and understand. He wanted to try the 800 cal-a-day diet to see if that helped but he is starving and the BS is not coming down, so we've decided to stay as we were.
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Initially, the same thing. I had to keep reducing everything until I was pretty much eating a handful of lettuce with an egg and a little Evoo twice a day and bs kept going up. I was only eating about 500 cals of lettuce, very small amounts of protein and a little oil. Maybe a few nuts. I then fasted until 2. Eventually exercise increased bs rather than decrease. This went on for about 2 years. Drs wee zero help. I asked for bad and cpeptide and for three years and they kept saying I didn't need it. Eventually I just started dropping weight like crazy, and I didn't have any to lose. Drs said just go eat, no meds, no nothing. So I did and I kept it low carb but of course bs went crazy. No amount of exercise would lower it. No amount of fasting or tiny meals. Eventually I was 96 pounds at 5'8 and ended up in 3 hospitals in one month. Finally after they started me on insulin I was so much better within 24 hours. During the time I was feasting with stupid high bs they put me on Amytal, the opposite of what I needed and killed my pancreas. I actually have a law suit with them and have won. We're just negotiating dollar amount.

I would watch for increased bs and rapid weight loss. I was told it didn't matter how much I ate I was starving in the land of plenty. If I didn't have insulin nothing was getting into my cells. On discharge I was diagnose T 1 with severe muscle wasting, protein deficiency and malnourishment. It only took two months on insulin to gain my much needed weight and muscle back.

Please ask for a c peptide as well as a gad and do t take no for an answer haha.
 
This is very helpful thank you! Just so that I know what to watch for. So pleased you got sorted out xx
 
@Kristin251 and @fumanchu Just to make it clear for all readers, Type 2 does not become Type 1.

Some people, particularly older adults are assumed to be Type 2 and are then later found to actually be Type 1. So they were misdiagnosed initially. Some Type 2s have to use insulin, but that doesn't make them Type 1 - just a Type 2 on insulin.

I'm sure you both know that anyway, but I thought it was important to clarify for any casual readers of this thread :)
 
Sorry - didn't mean to scare people lol. Just trying to find out what's going on with the husband and this was one of the things that I wondered about... He is 70 this year, so definitely older :)
Kirstin, he used to be consistently in the 5s, for many years. Then recently ithe readings started to climb - gradually - went to the 6s, then the 7s, and now yesterday in the 8s
 
fumanchu said:
Sorry - didn't to scare people lol. Just trying to find out what's going on with the husband and this was one of the things that I wondered about... He is 70 this year, so definitely older :)
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If you're concerned that he might have been misdiagnosed, do speak to,your doctor. If they can't help, then perhaps a referral to a specialist would be helpful.

It's certainly not impossible to be a Type 1 at 70yrs old and sometimes Type 1 comes on more slowly in older adults. Trust your instinct and push for further tests and help if you and your husband feel you need it.
 
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