Dr Mosley’s Blood Sugar Diet

Hi @mcdougall86 I followed a slightly higher calorie - 1000 calories a day - version of the Blood Sugar Diet for a couple of months when first diagnosed - well actually I started it about 2-3 weeks before my official diagnosis. It worked well for me - I lost weight rapidly over a stone very quickly then another stone more slowly - including visceral fat - and my bs readings improved accordingly - I managed to reduce my A1c from 72 to 62 2 weeks later when I had a repeat test to confirm diagnosis - then I had another test 2 weeks after that (purely because I had to have my full blood count retaken, and I think my nurse took the opportunity to see how I was doing) and it was down to 55.

I have my first proper 3 month review blood test next week and hope it to be at least in prediabetic range, if not lower - my day to day readings show a non-diabetic level of control, but I know A1c accuracy can be affected by a few things, so not going to count my chickens. Plus my fasting bs is still very unpredictable. But day to day readings look good - most meals I'm 4.7-6 before meals, then back around 6.2 or a bit lower after 2 hours - it was lower than this when sticking to the low calorie regime but last month or so I have been experimenting with upping the calories but remaining low carb and doing intermittent fasting as well.

2 points that helped me doing it - I was strictly under 50g carbs a day, which for me reduced hunger pangs/cravings and I tested my blood sugars throughout and still do, as some things, such as lentils do spike me, and I wanted to avoid that.