Hi
@LAR
My method is half explained here
http://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/one-year-in-thank-you-all.110499/
These days I am experimenting with fasting of different periods but I would say it is very important to be on a very low carb diet before starting as you will get very strong hunger pangs is you fast whilst still eating carbs - it may make it almost unbearable.
I try to follow a ketogenic diet a lot of info on which I get from these guys
http://2ketodudes.com
Their podcasts and facebook page (all free) are full of helpful advice, strong minded people who know about the condition and quite lot of swearing.. which amuses me as well as a few rows which to be honest usually ends up explaining things better as people get passionate about their way of eating. There are also a lot of females on there who have their own unique perspective, obviously something s a bloke I don't really have.
I also follow
www.dietdoctor.com again a huge resource of info recipes and support.
I'll tag in
@Brunneria because she knows much more about how women react differently to things.
Obviously there is also a huge amount of info available on this site too.
But in essence what I did was to cut breakfast completely, cut carbs from my food completely (or at least as much as possible) apart from green leafy veg, cauliflower, salad and avocado. I eat all meats (lots of bacon) and fish and cook things in butter, ghee or animal fat. Have butter on my veg and drink coffee with double cream and sometimes coconut oil. Cheese and a few berries with double cream as a dessert treat.
It took me at least 6 months before my Dawn Phenomenon started to go down a bit so don't worry about that too much. More important is measuring you bloods before and 2 hours after each meal to see the effect of what you are eating and trying to keep the rise lower than 1.5mmol .
Warning though.. I am a bit of an extremist - others are far more lenient in what they eat but it seems for me what I have done so far is ok.
Hope that helps..
Regards
Mark