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<blockquote data-quote="ianf0ster" data-source="post: 2486301" data-attributes="member: 506169"><p>Hi [USER=551362]@KatMac1[/USER]</p><p>It's quite normal to feel bad about having diabetes, but the 'stigma' is totally unjustified.</p><p></p><p>I am/was a type 2 diabetic (now in remission) but my BMI has been between 20.2 and 24 for the vast majority of my life. I'm now 71 years old.</p><p>The NHS 'EatWell Plate' and '5 a Day' plus my GP and the media pushed me onto a High Whole Grain and fruit and Veg diet. Meaning it was very <strong>high in carbs and low in fat. That is what gave me Type 2 Diabetes </strong>and it was the <strong>'pre-diabetes' stage that caused me to put on the extra pounds until I had a BMI of 26.6</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p>Now in remission (and on a Low Carb way of life I now have a BMI of 22.7. So tell me where the stigma of Type 2 is? I was eating high Carb and Low Fat because the NHS told me too - I was actually being very good. It was only when I started being 'bad' and thinking for myself that I lost weight and put my HbA1C back down to normal levels. Of course some of my friends think I'm now too skinny, but I'm back down to the weight I was at age of around 30.</p><p></p><p>If you are actually a Type 2 then whoopee! It means you have the possibility, indeed probability if you want it, of being in remission i.e. having 'normal ' Blood Glucose and HbA1C and not needing any diabetes medications. - What is so depressing about that?</p><p>I eat lots of meat, fish, eggs, cheese, full fat dairy, nuts as well as berries and low carb veg. I can drink spirits (with low calorie mixers), red wine and dry white wine. I got into remission and lost 17% of my max weight without counting or restricting calories . Does that seem like I'm deprived?</p><p></p><p>There one thing I don't understand in your post, which is how can a Libre forecast of an HbA1C of 42 match with a spot BG of 13 to 14 mmols ? Even if you had a high carb meal just before the C-Peptide test, then surely the Insulin you are (still?) taking should have dealt with it></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ianf0ster, post: 2486301, member: 506169"] Hi [USER=551362]@KatMac1[/USER] It's quite normal to feel bad about having diabetes, but the 'stigma' is totally unjustified. I am/was a type 2 diabetic (now in remission) but my BMI has been between 20.2 and 24 for the vast majority of my life. I'm now 71 years old. The NHS 'EatWell Plate' and '5 a Day' plus my GP and the media pushed me onto a High Whole Grain and fruit and Veg diet. Meaning it was very [B]high in carbs and low in fat. That is what gave me Type 2 Diabetes [/B]and it was the [B]'pre-diabetes' stage that caused me to put on the extra pounds until I had a BMI of 26.6 [/B] Now in remission (and on a Low Carb way of life I now have a BMI of 22.7. So tell me where the stigma of Type 2 is? I was eating high Carb and Low Fat because the NHS told me too - I was actually being very good. It was only when I started being 'bad' and thinking for myself that I lost weight and put my HbA1C back down to normal levels. Of course some of my friends think I'm now too skinny, but I'm back down to the weight I was at age of around 30. If you are actually a Type 2 then whoopee! It means you have the possibility, indeed probability if you want it, of being in remission i.e. having 'normal ' Blood Glucose and HbA1C and not needing any diabetes medications. - What is so depressing about that? I eat lots of meat, fish, eggs, cheese, full fat dairy, nuts as well as berries and low carb veg. I can drink spirits (with low calorie mixers), red wine and dry white wine. I got into remission and lost 17% of my max weight without counting or restricting calories . Does that seem like I'm deprived? There one thing I don't understand in your post, which is how can a Libre forecast of an HbA1C of 42 match with a spot BG of 13 to 14 mmols ? Even if you had a high carb meal just before the C-Peptide test, then surely the Insulin you are (still?) taking should have dealt with it> [/QUOTE]
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