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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lamont D" data-source="post: 2741989" data-attributes="member: 85785">Back when I was diagnosed even my endocrinologist who recognised the symptoms and why a non diabetic would go hypo cos of food???? He was intrigued and had to do research of his own. We had some interesting conversations about carbs. Even after a couple of years and my health improvement, he kept on with, we must find some carbs. But we didn't. And he could see that the evidence of my food diary and the testing of them carbs was the reason for the the reactive symptoms. He actually took me through the science of it but even some of the thinking wasn't quite right. But he did save my life.The reason I had six extended oral glucose tolerance test was as a volunteer to see if a drug called sitagliptin helped with first phase, again to see if I could tolerate some carbs. The sitagliptin did help with the first phase but I still went hypo. It did help with lowering the spike, but it still triggered the overshoot of Insulin, that drove down into hypoglycaemia.I did learn so much. And it was the basis of a tailored dietary regime by me for me.I am different to you, in some ways cos I have lactose intolerance, so I can't have butter, cheese, which are very good for low carb. And I can't eat certain vegetables either, I have loads of salad but can't abide cooked veg.So I have to be so careful, and only cooking fresh food, that I know doesn't contain vegetable fats or palm oil, etc, additives, and other rubbish  they throw into food these days.And I only use natural saturated fats to cook with and most better than gammon and egg fried. Some mushrooms, and I can't but you could fry that in butter. Wonderous!Fasting is useful as a tool to get your level of hormones down, especially insulin. And even overnight, your homeostasis levels, as well as your BG levels are in normal levels. And the longer you are in normal levels your body has the time to be in a better place. I won't eat after seven, cos I know that I won't have a hypo around going to bed. I eat in a window from mid afternoon to around 7pm.but I don't need weight gain.Discovering your own weight management is down to that balance of protein and fats.Further to the research, there isn't much anywhere. I did get some from U.S.universities, but the majority of it not all follow the medical books. And those books are not logical in the reasons of the treatment never mind the science of how It happens.Keep asking.So interesting.</blockquote>

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