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<blockquote data-quote="ziggy_w" data-source="post: 2271777" data-attributes="member: 323454"><p>Hi [USER=524746]@CelalDari[/USER],</p><p></p><p>It's wonderful that you want to help.</p><p></p><p>However, what you write directly contradicts my personal experience. When I was first diagnosed, my GP said with blood sugars as high as mine, there would be no way around insulin. By reducing my carbs significantly (am sitting between 10g and 15g of carbs per day), I now have normal (not even prediabetic) blood sugar levels without any medication at all. Also, all other health markers (such as blood pressure, blood lipids, and markers for liver and kidney health) are all normal. Have you had a look at the results of the Virta Health studies on very low carb diets for T2s? Here is a link if you are interested <a href="https://www.virtahealth.com/outcomes" target="_blank">https://www.virtahealth.com/outcomes</a>. About half of the patients were able to drop all insulin. (Btw, these results were also published in peer-reviewed medical journals).</p><p></p><p>In the same way, [USER=468328]@miss miss[/USER]'s numbers seem to be showing that she is doing well on very few carbs and no insulin at all. So, coming back to your question [USER=468328]@miss miss[/USER], I agree with the other posters that the evidence seems to indicate that as a T2 you can go as low carb as you are happy with. My suggestion in light of your recent hospitalization with DKA and high blood sugars would be to keep regularly monitoring your blood sugars as I am sure you are doing anyway.</p><p></p><p>As fiber was mentioned, a ketogenic way of eating doesn't necessarily have to be low in fiber (mine definitely isn't). This having been said, I don't think the science on fiber is quite settled yet, especially in the context of a low carb diet. If you are interested, you might want to listen the following presentation by Zoe Harcombe, a Ph.D. in public health nutrition:</p><p></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]4KrmpK_Lckg[/MEDIA]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ziggy_w, post: 2271777, member: 323454"] Hi [USER=524746]@CelalDari[/USER], It's wonderful that you want to help. However, what you write directly contradicts my personal experience. When I was first diagnosed, my GP said with blood sugars as high as mine, there would be no way around insulin. By reducing my carbs significantly (am sitting between 10g and 15g of carbs per day), I now have normal (not even prediabetic) blood sugar levels without any medication at all. Also, all other health markers (such as blood pressure, blood lipids, and markers for liver and kidney health) are all normal. Have you had a look at the results of the Virta Health studies on very low carb diets for T2s? Here is a link if you are interested [URL]https://www.virtahealth.com/outcomes[/URL]. About half of the patients were able to drop all insulin. (Btw, these results were also published in peer-reviewed medical journals). In the same way, [USER=468328]@miss miss[/USER]'s numbers seem to be showing that she is doing well on very few carbs and no insulin at all. So, coming back to your question [USER=468328]@miss miss[/USER], I agree with the other posters that the evidence seems to indicate that as a T2 you can go as low carb as you are happy with. My suggestion in light of your recent hospitalization with DKA and high blood sugars would be to keep regularly monitoring your blood sugars as I am sure you are doing anyway. As fiber was mentioned, a ketogenic way of eating doesn't necessarily have to be low in fiber (mine definitely isn't). This having been said, I don't think the science on fiber is quite settled yet, especially in the context of a low carb diet. If you are interested, you might want to listen the following presentation by Zoe Harcombe, a Ph.D. in public health nutrition: [MEDIA=youtube]4KrmpK_Lckg[/MEDIA] [/QUOTE]
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