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<blockquote data-quote="Spiker" data-source="post: 512306" data-attributes="member: 102150"><p><strong><em>For me (T1, 20 years) it's "Yes, but..."</em></strong></p><p></p><p><em>1) It significantly lowered your hBA1c <strong>Yes, extremely rapidly. </strong></em></p><p><em>2) It helped you lose weight. <strong>Yes, though I expect that would be true for non-diabetics too? </strong></em></p><p><em>3) It minimise</em>s or has<em> reduced the medication you need to take. <strong>N/A</strong></em></p><p><em>4) It reduced the amount of insulin you use. <strong>Yes, but that's kind of inevitable isn't it? </strong></em></p><p><em>5) It significantly reduced the frequency of hypos. <strong>Not sure. It probably made them worse during the adoption phase. After that, generally, probably yes, fewer hypos. </strong></em></p><p><em>6) It has controlled or even reversed diabetic complications you were suffering. <strong>I'm not sure anyone can claim to know if a complication has been controlled by any one factor, can they? I have had complications reverse (neuropathy) soon after diagnosis but I'm not sure since then. </strong></em></p><p><em><strong></strong></em></p><p><strong><em>The "but" is that I find it very hard to maintain these diets even though the effect on my HBa1c is dramatic. And my HBa1c has been steadily deteriorating every year. I have asked for help from my clinic on this but no real result. I asked for hypnotherapy, low dose naltrexone, other drugs I'd researched. They were not interested really and of course when you you make the low carb argument they look at you kindly, but as if you are from outer space. I got offered pump therapy instead so I'm embracing that and hope it works. However clinically pumps aren't shown to improve HBa1c significantly, just quality of life. I'll take improved quality of life, but I would also like some support with adherence to a diet that dramatically reduces my HBa1c. </em></strong></p><p><strong><em></em></strong></p><p><strong><em>One of the drugs [pramlintide] advised for overcoming carb cravings, is approved by NICE, but they wouldn't give it to me because it's only approved for T2! What a load of ****! </em></strong></p><p><strong><em></em></strong></p><p><strong><em>Oh well, rant over! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> </em></strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Spiker, post: 512306, member: 102150"] [B][I]For me (T1, 20 years) it's "Yes, but..."[/I][/B] [I]1) It significantly lowered your hBA1c [B]Yes, extremely rapidly. [/B] 2) It helped you lose weight. [B]Yes, though I expect that would be true for non-diabetics too? [/B] 3) It minimise[/I]s or has[I] reduced the medication you need to take. [B]N/A[/B] 4) It reduced the amount of insulin you use. [B]Yes, but that's kind of inevitable isn't it? [/B] 5) It significantly reduced the frequency of hypos. [B]Not sure. It probably made them worse during the adoption phase. After that, generally, probably yes, fewer hypos. [/B] 6) It has controlled or even reversed diabetic complications you were suffering. [B]I'm not sure anyone can claim to know if a complication has been controlled by any one factor, can they? I have had complications reverse (neuropathy) soon after diagnosis but I'm not sure since then. [/B][/I] [B][I]The "but" is that I find it very hard to maintain these diets even though the effect on my HBa1c is dramatic. And my HBa1c has been steadily deteriorating every year. I have asked for help from my clinic on this but no real result. I asked for hypnotherapy, low dose naltrexone, other drugs I'd researched. They were not interested really and of course when you you make the low carb argument they look at you kindly, but as if you are from outer space. I got offered pump therapy instead so I'm embracing that and hope it works. However clinically pumps aren't shown to improve HBa1c significantly, just quality of life. I'll take improved quality of life, but I would also like some support with adherence to a diet that dramatically reduces my HBa1c. One of the drugs [pramlintide] advised for overcoming carb cravings, is approved by NICE, but they wouldn't give it to me because it's only approved for T2! What a load of ****! Oh well, rant over! :) [/I][/B] [/QUOTE]
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