Hi. First post but hope someone can help. Diagnosed Type 2 several years ago due to NASID non alchohol fatty liver. Not dramatically overweight but now 10st at 5ft 4ins. HBA1C been coming down consistently from 88 and is now 46 since going on low carb diet. (Cheat a lot though, especially with cakes). However still on Metformin and Sitagliptin. Wanted to try the Newcastle Diet to try and kickstart my liver and pancreas. GP has little knowledge of diabetes and doesn't want me to in case I upset the balance and reverse the progress made. A friend who is a dietician for diabetes team also doesn't think I'm overweight enough for it to work. I'd really like to reduce or get off the drugs altogether but scared to do so without medical support and the diabetes nurse at the surgery comments that I know more than them as none specially trained. Any views or thoughts please? Has anyone tried this diet who is only a little overweight (although I reckon I could lose at least another stone).
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Type 2 HBA1C 46 but GP left me on medication
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I can’t comment on the Newcastle Diet as I have no experience of that.
If you don’t have a lot of weight to lose, you might want to consider intermittent fasting eating only one or two meals a day. This would help with insulin resistance and visceral fat and you can still eat enough food to ensure you either maintain weight or lose more slowly.
Have a read of this:
https://www.dietdoctor.com/intermittent-fasting
If you don’t have a lot of weight to lose, you might want to consider intermittent fasting eating only one or two meals a day. This would help with insulin resistance and visceral fat and you can still eat enough food to ensure you either maintain weight or lose more slowly.
Have a read of this:
https://www.dietdoctor.com/intermittent-fasting
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Hi @TinaSc and welcome
When diagnosed My BMI was 24.8 and I was told not overweight. I also wanted to try the Newcastle diet but GP and nurse wouldn't support me. However I decided to lose weight just by cutting calories - eating 500 less cals than I was burning. I also used a meter and cut out foods that my body couldn't cope with. I managed to lose the 15 kg often quoted but in my case that was a bit too much and got ordered to put some weight back on. I think some of my blood tests were showing malnourished as a possibility. I do feel weight loss for some of us works well, My HbA1c is mid thirties so I'm happy with that. I lot on here have lost weight just doing low carb so that might work for you.
When diagnosed My BMI was 24.8 and I was told not overweight. I also wanted to try the Newcastle diet but GP and nurse wouldn't support me. However I decided to lose weight just by cutting calories - eating 500 less cals than I was burning. I also used a meter and cut out foods that my body couldn't cope with. I managed to lose the 15 kg often quoted but in my case that was a bit too much and got ordered to put some weight back on. I think some of my blood tests were showing malnourished as a possibility. I do feel weight loss for some of us works well, My HbA1c is mid thirties so I'm happy with that. I lot on here have lost weight just doing low carb so that might work for you.
[QUOTE="since going on low carb diet. (Cheat a lot though, especially with cakes). [/QUOTE]
It takes at least two weeks to deplete the glucose stores in your liver, if you regularly cheat then you're not giving your body time to get into 'fat-burning' mode.
There are LC cakes, you could eat in moderation, Nigella does a fab choc almond cake, just swap the sugar for an artificial one of your choice.
Good luck x
It takes at least two weeks to deplete the glucose stores in your liver, if you regularly cheat then you're not giving your body time to get into 'fat-burning' mode.
There are LC cakes, you could eat in moderation, Nigella does a fab choc almond cake, just swap the sugar for an artificial one of your choice.
Good luck x
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Hello there @TinaSc - If you Google, Richard Doughty Newcastle Diet", he is a slim man who rapidly sent his T2 into remission.
Good luck, whichever approach you settle upon.
Alexandra100
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I'm not at all qualified to comment on the Newcastle Diet, but from my reading I do think it would be very unwise to stop your medicines before you have got your bg down BELOW pre-diabetes level.
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Hi. I would carry on with a lower-carb diet which will be of more use than the ND. When you reach a good BMI you can then see whether you ened any meds based on your HBa1C. If your HBa1C is good then TELL the surgery that you want to start reducing the meds gradually. Metformin only ever has small effect and helps a bit in various ways. It is a very safe drug which I still take. Sitagliptin is generally safe but not for everyone (read the leaflet). It only reduces blood sugar spikes by allowing the pancreas to produce insulin for longer after a meal. I used it for a few years. It is really more suitable for those with declining beta cells rather than for T2s with insulin resistance and hence high insulin.
Wow! Thanks everyone for your comments and tips. I will definitely be looking into all of them and juggle until I find one that works for me. Been low carb for about 9 months as regularly tested and found I spiked to around 15-18 after eating carbs. This brought my HBA1C to under 50 but keep cheating on 'special' days and although maintaining weight I want to get my BG levels lower. Thank you L1ncslass, I didn't know it took that long and thought 5 days did it so will be more disciplined and if really need something sweet will make the cake. Brilliant! Thank you all for your encouragement. I was getting to the point I didn't know what to do with so little support from my doctors surgery.
