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shane-1 said:
I suppose I low carb somewhat , cardiac and liver problems along with very bad circulation problem in one of my legs , detiorating eyesight , today for instance I had 2 boiled eggs for breakfast ,lunch was mince and veg plus a boiled potatoe,evening meal was one egg,one bacon,4 mushrooms and a tomatoe
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Looks fairly good dietwise. Might be low in fat but if I say so Douglas will be eating my head off in no time, why he is so anti-fat he has failed to explain.

What did your bg metre say?

What kind of liver problems? Have you had Ferritin done?
Regarding cardiac/circulation, do you know of any cause for this? Are you able to exercise any?
 
The glycemic load (GL) of food is a number that estimates how much the food will raise a person's blood glucose level after eating it. One unit of glycemic load approximates the effect of consuming one gram of glucose.[1] Glycemic load accounts for how much carbohydrate is in the food and how much each gram of carbohydrate in the food raises blood glucose levels. Glycemic load is based on the glycemic index (GI), and is defined as the grams of available carbohydrate in the food times the food's GI and divided by 100.
Glycemic load estimates the impact of carbohydrate consumption using the glycemic index while taking into account the amount of carbohydrate that is consumed. GL is a GI-weighted measure of carbohydrate content. For instance, watermelon has a high GI, but a typical serving of watermelon does not contain much carbohydrate, so the glycemic load of eating it is low. Whereas glycemic index is defined for each type of food, glycemic load can be calculated for any size serving of a food, an entire meal, or an entire day's meals.
For one serving of a food, a GL greater than 20 is considered high, a GL of 11-19 is considered medium, and a GL of 10 or less is considered low. Foods that have a low GL in a typical serving size almost always have a low GI. Foods with an intermediate or high GL in a typical serving size range from a very low to very high GI.



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I can exercise , I have a liver disease plus nash, I am currently under a specialist for liver problems which are currently been investigated further due to complications , a tumor is suspected I reckon but im not told as yet ,I have cardiomyopathy . 52 yr old male . my bgs are elevated ,fbgs running between 7.5 and 11.0 I feel very bad in mornings until my medication kicks in ,also suffering mentally from all this .apologies if im slow to reply im not very good at typing .
 
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The glycemic load (GL) of food is a number that estimates how much the food will raise a person's blood glucose level after eating it. One unit of glycemic load approximates the effect of consuming one gram of glucose.[1] Glycemic load accounts for how much carbohydrate is in the food and how much each gram of carbohydrate in the food raises blood glucose levels. Glycemic load is based on the glycemic index (GI), and is defined as the grams of available carbohydrate in the food times the food's GI and divided by 100.
Glycemic load estimates the impact of carbohydrate consumption using the glycemic index while taking into account the amount of carbohydrate that is consumed. GL is a GI-weighted measure of carbohydrate content. For instance, watermelon has a high GI, but a typical serving of watermelon does not contain much carbohydrate, so the glycemic load of eating it is low. Whereas glycemic index is defined for each type of food, glycemic load can be calculated for any size serving of a food, an entire meal, or an entire day's meals.
For one serving of a food, a GL greater than 20 is considered high, a GL of 11-19 is considered medium, and a GL of 10 or less is considered low. Foods that have a low GL in a typical serving size almost always have a low GI. Foods with an intermediate or high GL in a typical serving size range from a very low to very high GI.



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thank you ,I assume there is a booklet outlining foods and recommended portions with g.L
 
Nash, that is a variety of fatty liver disease, right?

My, you could have a better life. An old friend of mine was diagnosed with four stage colon cancer last September, several liver metastases. She has now however started to work again after successful treatment including a very low carb diet/high fat.

I think you may benefit from LCHF, particularly if you have heart problems. And if your liver problems are to do with fatty liver, common with high bg. The best advice I have seen is: Eat to your metre. So eat and check. If high readings, change your diet.
 
Totto said:
Nash, that is a variety of fatty liver disease, right?

My, you could have a better life. An old friend of mine was diagnosed with four stage colon cancer last September, several liver metastases. She has now however started to work again after successful treatment including a very low carb diet/high fat.

I think you may benefit from LCHF, particularly if you have heart problems. And if your liver problems are to do with fatty liver, common with high bg. The best advice I have seen is: Eat to your metre. So eat and check. If high readings, change your diet.
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22268100

comments?
 
shane-1 said:
I can exercise , I have a liver disease plus nash, I am currently under a specialist for liver problems which are currently been investigated further due to complications , a tumor is suspected I reckon but im not told as yet ,I have cardiomyopathy . 50 yr old male . my bgs are elevated ,fbgs running between 7.5 and 11.0 I feel very bad in mornings until my medication kicks in ,also suffering mentally from all this .apologies if im slow to reply im not very good at typing .
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Dear Shane

As you unfortunately suffer from multiple health issues, I would strongly recommend that before you embark on a change of diet, you seek professional guidance from your healthcare provider. Although people on this forum can advise on suitable diets for diabetes based on their own experience, they are extremely unlikely to be able to advise on the effects of any change in diet on your other health concerns.

Regards

Pavlos


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yes nash is a variety of fatty liver , I also have a different type of liver disease ,that is been treated as much as possible ,I have tried the eat to my meter approach including the website , it was keeping numbers down somewhat but no where near what they should be and my weight was increasing ,I don't think its the way forward for me ,also fat causes a lot of discomfort for me , I need to watch my cholesterol too, as for a better life ...well I could do with winning the lotto :)
 
pavlosn said:
Dear Shane

As you unfortunately suffer from multiple health issues, I would strongly recommend that before you embark on a change of diet, you seek professional guidance from your healthcare provider. Although people on this forum can advise on suitable diets for diabetes based on their own experience, they are extremely unlikely to be able to advise on the effects of any change in diet on your other health concerns.

Regards

Pavlos


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thank you
 
pavlosn said:
Dear Shane

As you unfortunately suffer from multiple health issues, I would strongly recommend that before you embark on a change of diet, you seek professional guidance from your healthcare provider. Although people on this forum can advise on suitable diets for diabetes based on their own experience, they are extremely unlikely to be able to advise on the effects of any change in diet on your other health concerns.

Regards

Pavlos


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Yes, this is the best advice on here I'm afraid.
 
Totto said:
Do you see OP as a rat? Get real, Douglas. I will very soon report you as you seem to do your very best to f**k up every conversation on this forum I am a part of.
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Please do, if you seriously think you can put such an idiotic spin on a published laboratory test proving the diet you so keenly trot out at every opportunity is actually proven to be medically dangerous.
Possibly what you see is being a f**k up is the fact you seem to be posting the same advice in every thread?
Regardless of what the thread is?

You live on 80% fat. It's not compulsory for the rest of the world.
 
I am on LCHF and had a few wobbles in the first few weeks while my body sorted itself out - I found a cup of tea or a large glass of water helped loads. I think its easy to believe that the first few weeks is how it will always be but I have found that is not the case. I have just started my third month and its pretty straight forward - I have also chosen to stay off the booze. As others have said, pick with care and you can eat an awful lot of above ground veg - asparagus is your friend !. I am not T1 or T2 though, just caught some borderline PD FBG's and now trying to nip it in the bud by dropping some lard. I have lost about 2lb a week and now find I have more energy rather than less. I am probably having 40g carbs per day. Compare with a friend who is trying to lose weight and she is doing HCLF and is having a miserable time of it - always hungry which just piles on the misery imo !
 
I fully understand any and all implications of a lchf diet ,like I said I have tried it ,I im here looking for an alternative way forward if possible please without any disturbances to anyone, I have already been banned from a site for expressing my views so I don't intend to do so here .
 
Totto said:
Do you see OP as a rat? Get real, Douglas. I will very soon report you as you seem to do your very best to f**k up every conversation on this forum I am a part of.
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It would be of a great help to the OP and the rest of the forum if you took your grievances with another member via private messaging. It is such a shame that this keeps happening on several threads and does not solve anything.

Nobody on here is qualified to recommend a diet for the OP as it will involve possible fluid restriction and salt intake.

Shane,
You really need to ask your G.P. to refer you to your Hepatology department and a dietitian attached to the department.

We would all like to help but yours is not a straightforward case and you need specialist intervention for a suitable eating plan for you.

Please make an appointment with your Dr. asap and get the right help.

CC.
 
I am seeing the relevant consultants but dietry advice has been poor , ok I will take my query back to my consultants ,thank you for your time
 
catherinecherub said:
It would be of a great help to the OP and the rest of the forum if you took your grievances with another member via private messaging. It is such a shame that this keeps happening on several threads and does not solve anything
CC.
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And if I have tried until I have no patience left? Who do you think I am? If Douglas could once talk to me privately as I have asked him to repeatedly we might be able to come to a truce but no, he ignores the invite to discuss our different views on fat privately and keeps biting my head off every time I say fat is good. I am fed up with him and am about to get in contact with a moderator. I am sorry, it is not me who hi-jacks other threads generally.
 
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