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<blockquote data-quote="JoKalsbeek" data-source="post: 2075646" data-attributes="member: 401801"><p>Honestly, I don't know. Normally I'd say go for it, but when there's already extensive kidney damage, they won't like the moderate amounts of protein that go with the Low Carb/High Fat diet. It could make a damaged kidney that much worse. And upping the fats after multiple bypasses... You could both read Dr. Jason Fung's The Diabetes Code and maybe pick up some tips there, <em>but you really want to go with the specialists on this</em>... Books and websites are nice when there's nothing else to consider, but this is too much to go doctoring with on your own. Your dad could try cutting out bread (or anything made with grain, really), corn, cereals, fruit (save for berries in moderation), potatoes, rice.... But with the gliclazide that <em>will</em> make him go hypo, and you want to avoid that. Does your dad have a meter? Just get as much information as you can, and discuss that with the specialists before implementing <em>anything</em>.</p><p></p><p>Good luck, and wishing your dad well!</p><p>Jo</p><p>PS: Diabetes Type 2 means your body put out a whole lot of insulin to deal with the glucose in the blood, so much so you've become insensitive to it. So you need more and more to get the same effect as it would've given a few years earlier. The thing that makes bloodglucose spike are carbs. Practically all carbs, not just sugar, but starches too. Hence the spuds and bread etc being a problem: it all gets turned to glucose once ingested, and your dad can't process it back out. It just keeps on floating around in his bloodstream, doing damage to arteries, eyes, kidneys.... That's the really short, simplified version. Again, Dr. Jason Fung's book will give you more information.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JoKalsbeek, post: 2075646, member: 401801"] Honestly, I don't know. Normally I'd say go for it, but when there's already extensive kidney damage, they won't like the moderate amounts of protein that go with the Low Carb/High Fat diet. It could make a damaged kidney that much worse. And upping the fats after multiple bypasses... You could both read Dr. Jason Fung's The Diabetes Code and maybe pick up some tips there, [I]but you really want to go with the specialists on this[/I]... Books and websites are nice when there's nothing else to consider, but this is too much to go doctoring with on your own. Your dad could try cutting out bread (or anything made with grain, really), corn, cereals, fruit (save for berries in moderation), potatoes, rice.... But with the gliclazide that [I]will[/I] make him go hypo, and you want to avoid that. Does your dad have a meter? Just get as much information as you can, and discuss that with the specialists before implementing [I]anything[/I]. Good luck, and wishing your dad well! Jo PS: Diabetes Type 2 means your body put out a whole lot of insulin to deal with the glucose in the blood, so much so you've become insensitive to it. So you need more and more to get the same effect as it would've given a few years earlier. The thing that makes bloodglucose spike are carbs. Practically all carbs, not just sugar, but starches too. Hence the spuds and bread etc being a problem: it all gets turned to glucose once ingested, and your dad can't process it back out. It just keeps on floating around in his bloodstream, doing damage to arteries, eyes, kidneys.... That's the really short, simplified version. Again, Dr. Jason Fung's book will give you more information. [/QUOTE]
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