Francis faulkner
Newbie
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- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
- Treatment type
- Insulin
It would be helpful if we had a little more to go on, as advice we give can indeed take a wrong turn if you're medicated with things that make your blood sugars drop like a stone on a low carb diet.Hello I have type 2 diabetes I have all way shuggeld whith diet now I have been diagnosed whith a eye condition where I will loos my eye sight. It cannot be cured. So I need to get my diabetes under control to slow it down .can someone pleas help whith food list and recapis I have tried to understand about the food I should eat I know about carbs but that's about it pleas can someone help a very desperate man. God bless
Hi @Francis faulkner as others have already said you need to take into account any medication you are on, but perhaps I can help you navigate how food effects you.I have tried to understand about the food I should eat
@AloeSvea you are absolutely correct, my answer is over simplification to ease Francis into understanding the LCHF mindset. Ketones and Ketosis can be a complicated subject for anyone new.Just to add to above - we run on both glucose, and ketones,
I think that's correct. It's actually more confusing trying to simplify a very complex system. There is about a day's worth of energy in muscle and liver stores. Obviously that depends on how much energy you use. The liver is constantly adjusting glucose levels in the blood stream in response to various stimuli and has probably most influence most of the time over BG levels. One of the issues is livers working hard to maintain higher than ideal BG levels because over time those have come to represent "normal" levels. Livers will adjust to maintaining lower levels eventually.If I understand your post @There is no Spoon , I believe your brain will always prefer glucose and will struggle at first to adapt to a very low carb diet due to much lower sugar availability. Whilst your brain adapts you feel dreadful, like you've got flu symptoms. People call this ' Keto flu' . In short keto flu is often described as how you feel whilst your body is adapting to the new very low carb diet.
Yes, glycogen stores only last between 12-24 hours. I often use up all my glycogen stores as I am into fitness and exercise, hence I produce ketones, but I am not on a very low carb diet. So once these glycogen stores are depleted the body will turn to fat breakdown or lipolysis for its energy. This comes from the breakdown of Adipose fat. Adipose fat is found around your abdomen and organs. There is a biochemical process that takes place with this type of fat that has a negative impact on your metabolism. It is different from subcutaneous fat which often sits around your thighs , hips, and is harmless.
The liver will then break down this adipose fat into ketones. Ketones can be used as an alternative to glucose , my understanding is the brain cannot function on ketones alone it will need some glucose to function properly. I'm happy to be corrected on that. The body is remarkable and will adapt.
Adipose fat I believe is converted to Fatty acids and ketones , not directly back to glycogen.
Edited grammar
Hi @Melgar I thing you have picked me up wrong the "Low Carb reduces sugar to the brain which it doesn't like" this is my faultIf I understand your post
Again this is my fault not expressing it clearly "Excess fat stored blocking up the liver " there should have been a "/" between stored "/" blocking. Just trying to use a turn of phrase which conveyed the idea of draining the liver of fat and the health benefits behind doing so.Fat as such is not normally stored in the liver.
I'll check them out thanks for that.Explaining/simplifying extremely complex matters is a real skill, and I would rather direct people to someone like Jason Fung, Michael Eades or Malcolm Kendrick than attempt it myself.
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