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Lchf And Which Medication

We do need to be careful not to give newcomers the idea that everyone can do it without meds. I could 11 years ago when first diagnosed, and easily. I was consistently in the 4's and lost weight like crazy within 3 days of starting atkins. Now I am strugging to control it even with meds and the weight I had regained is not coming off without massive effort and even then excruciatingly slowly. Not only is this disease different for everyone but it changes over time for an individual as well.
 
chalup said:
Not only is this disease different for everyone but it changes over time for an individual as well.
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Hence medicine is not a science but an art.

I don't think I will ever do away with medication, but it is interesting to see how many people are able to manage their diabetes through lchf diet. I do feel that having a low carb diet I am avoiding upping my medication.
 
I am on insulin and have 1 shot for every 5 carbs I eat. I also have to have 2 shots of insulin even if I don't have carbs at a meal time.
 
LCHF is great but sometimes - as already pointed out - medication may well be required as well, and there's no shame in this. It definitely does also depend on the individual and how able their body is to cope with their diabetes.

I manage pretty well on a low carb/ketogenic diet, but any upsets (stress, illness, pain) will up my glucose levels regardless of what I'm eating, so I reckon I'll possibly always need a helping hand from my dose of metformin. However I have been able to stop some of my other, long term non diabetic, medication over the last 12 months.

Robbity
 
if it is hard to get a low HbA1c by VLCHF .....

the Next step will be reducing the total amount of calories , just as people did before medicine ever excisted for diabetes...

the medicine for diabetes is not adequate which means that medicine is nothing but a stick to lean at for diabetics and only helps a bit...

therefore the surgestions of intermittent fasting is a very brilliant add on when the low carb do not Work alone for getting the blood glucose Down in normal range...LES TOTAL CALORIES do mean a lot in diabetes hard to control
 
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