Three books to read
1. "Good Calories, Bad Calories" by Gary Taubes; this debunks most of the rubbish spoken about diets and diabetes/obesity etc etc over the last two hundred years (which has been mostly funded by chemical/food companies); judge for yourself its value and whether Taubes is correct!.
2. "There is a cure for Diabetes" By Dr Gabriel Cousens MD; applies to type one and two.
3. "Dr Bernstein's Diabetes Solution - the complete guide to achieving normal blood sugars". an excellent book but more limited viewpoint as it applies mainly to type one.
Interesting thing is none of the Medical "pro's" in the UK ever seem to read anything - apart from their own limited "industry" stuff all of which is funded by the food/drugs industry.
Having listened to incorrect medical advice from the authodox medical profession for 25 years and as a result lost the muscular control of my toes and fingers to a large extent, got frozen shoulders and lived with massive sugar spikes from bs of up to 20 and down to 2.5. I decided to find out for myself. By taking charge of my own destiny and the management of my own case,
I have in the last couple of years stabilized my bs to between 4 and 9 ish; got my hba back to around 6; hypo's are now almost non existant. I eat 2 meals a day - mostly eggs (3 a day for breakfast) at arounf 11am; evening meal meat; clotted cream/quality butter/strawberries/grapefruit/cabbages/brocoli/apples/avocados/cucumbers/kale/lettuce/brussels sprouts/raw cabbage; tomatoes(in moderation) etc etc, mid meal snacks; fruit/hard boiled egg/ apple cheese etc etc.
Coconut oil for cooking; I eat mostly raw foods, (meat very rare and less than 50 gm per day. lots a full fat cheese / seafood/fish. I suppose its basically a modified Atkins diet) and NO bread; cake, rice,spuds, beans, canned stuf, prepared meals etc. Occasional glass of white wine. If I can't recognise it as a basic food, I don't eat it! 8 large mugs of water a day as well, plus heaped teaspoonful of Ascorbic acid (Vitamin C); Flat teaspoonful of Sodium Bicarb to help with alkalinity. Oh and 100 ml pure Aloe-vera per day to boost immune system. use pure Stevia if you need sweetening.
I Feel great and very energised. Weight same as it was when I was 30 (and non diabetic) - I'm 70 plus, agewise). Planning to do a single-handed sailing circumnavigation in a year ot two in a my 34 foot vintage sloop - just to prove to the quacks that it can be done with out their (chemical or otherwise) intervention. Usual proviso's and disclaimers. My Diabetes consultant said my suggestions are "VERY Dangerous" and publicly slagged me down at a Dafne meeting recently. Only thing I can say is read the books; get studying and form your own opinion!.
Ah, yes and one other thing. Got insulin requirements down to 10 units degludec (background bolus) and approx 25 units Humulog shortterm per day, from 25 degludec and about 40 units humulog per day (and hba of around 8 when I was on the standard "medic recommended" high carb diet.