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Type 2 Cholestrol and LCHF Diet?

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I am on Metformin and Simvastatin daily, would it be advisable to do the LCHF diet. I am T2 and have been for 6 years.
 
Hi. I can't see any problem with that at all. I was concerned that my very low carb diet might be short on certain essentials, but apart for the fact that I feel healthier on it and my blood sugars are down, I was delighted when (on showing my diabetes specialist my average daily food and a breakdown of how many grams of carb, fat, sugar, fibre and protein per 100g I was therefore consuming in a day), he said it was ideal ad exactly what he would recommend. Some specialists really are on the ball, and the LCHF diet is coming more and more to the fore in the thinking on approaches to diabetes. I'm not on metformin or simvastatin, but I am about to go on a statin at his recommendation and I was on Gliclazide for months (with little effect). I came off it when my diet did the job. My opinion, for what it's worth - is try it, record what you eat...and test before and 2.5 hours after meals or new foods. reading between the lines in your thread title...cholesterol...low carb eating is evidently good for that. the overall figure usually doesn't reflect the big picture as its comprised of "bad" and "good" cholesterol. Low carb diets can increase the good stuff. it's not an issue. Paul
 
I was diagnosed just before xmas with a bgc of 15 rising to 22-23 during the day!! Now, after following a relatively low carb (still eat the odd sandwich and have the odd potato) diet I have gotten to being 7.2-8.3 in the morning and 5.7-6.3 in the day, in just three weeks, so I'd say go for it

I must add tho, I am on one metformin a day
 
Give it a try but perhaps don't want go wild on saturated fats if you already have issues with cholesterol.
 
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