LCHF

I went to see my doctor yesterday to discuss blood results. I have been on the LCHF diet for one month and was feeling great and lost 9 lb. I was hoping for some good results but was told over the three month measurement period for HBAC1 that my blood glucose had increased from last year. and is now 63. I told my doctor about HCLF and he told me it is not working and the one and only cause of type 2 diabetes is weight. I said I wanted to give it time to kick in as I had only been on it a month so the reading was taking in the other two months I had not been on it. He says the high fat part of the diet will make my weight increase and so my diabetes will get worse and rather than being involved with diabetes Uk I should let him manage my condition. I am 5'8 and currently 13 st 12 lb although I do a lot of exercise and am quite an athletic build rather than fat. He says I have to be 11 stone. I am now very depressed and downhearted and wonder if it worth carrying on as I will never be 11st due to my bone and muscle build. He then said I should already be showing signs of kidney disease, eye problems and foot problems and it is only luck that I am not and I do not have a healthy future to look forward to at all. Also When I told him I hoped to reverse my type 2 he said that is impossible and that I will have it for the rest of my life despite the rubbish I am reading on the forum. After telling me that all the things I am eating (HFLC) was wrong he could not come up with anything helpful to eat except to say I should have less than 5 grams of sugar, less than 5 grams of fat and no carbs per 100 grams of product. I eat a lot of oily fish but he said that was fat and I eat fruit which he said was sugar so I only have myself to blame. I went shopping last night and could not find anything to eat under these new diet rules. I was feeling great till I went there and have felt better this past month and now I am just depressed again.

Thanks. I am determined to get off the meds with the LCHF diet and prove him wrong although he said I will have to take them the rest of my life with an increasing dosage year on year. he is the type who does not like patient input and would rather dictate than have a two way conversation. I would like to change doctors but live in a small village where he is the only doctor and others will not take you on if you are not in their catchment area

DevonVee said:

You are right you have only been lchf for one month. I have been insulin resistant for 25 yrs and no end of diets did any good because I have PCOS. The 2 months of lchf and I dropped 10lbs for the 1st time. So I would suggest you stop talking to your Gp and keep going. If you are worried about putting on weight check your calorie intake. But you have already seen a drop. My GP was much more supportive because I cannot take metformin.
Just think you will show him that he is wrong. All the research I have done outside this forum shows that a tide is turning amongst the medical profession. No one on this forum has a vested interest in plugging a diet. Except it works for quite a few of us. Keep your chin up.

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DevonVee said:

You are right you have only been lchf for one month. I have been insulin resistant for 25 yrs and no end of diets did any good because I have PCOS. The 2 months of lchf and I dropped 10lbs for the 1st time. So I would suggest you stop talking to your Gp and keep going. If you are worried about putting on weight check your calorie intake. But you have already seen a drop. My GP was much more supportive because I cannot take metformin.
Just think you will show him that he is wrong. All the research I have done outside this forum shows that a tide is turning amongst the medical profession. No one on this forum has a vested interest in plugging a diet. Except it works for quite a few of us. Keep your chin up.

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Thanks. If the tide turns among the medical profession I wonder if my doctor will be on it. He is still spouting the thinking of thirty years ago when he trained and does not like his patients to take any decisions or responsibility about their own care. I am carrying on LCHF regardless as it seems to be working for me

Art Of Flowers said:

Hi. Check out the low carb recipes at https://www.dietdoctor.com/low-carb/recipes

Unfortunately many doctors have no clue about LCHF diet. However, if you check out the success stories on this forum you will see that a lot of people have managed to get their blood sugars down to normal levels using the LCHF diet.

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Thanks. I have downloaded that

Jaylee said:

Hi,

Don't feel down... Are you on any diabetes medication? Or diet controlled..?

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Currently on metformin 2 X 500 twice daily. I am carrying on with the LCHF diet and exercise

JRTwalker said:

I think I would be depressed with your Dr nebraska_beauty !!
I am no expert here and there will be responses from those that know far more than me but I would contribute that you will need 3 months on LC diet and then see what your HbA1c reads? Your weight is not excessive and doesn't preclude high BG levels in my opinion. (my weight is 102Kg / 16 st but HbA1c now 37 and down from 100)
My advice is to try to minimise carbs but without countering with excessive calories and see what happens over next three months. Holding back repercussions of T2 seems demonstrably possible for many people as those on this forum will testify.
The trick is knowing what contains Carbs that you may not have thought did

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I never thought my weight was excessive either and I am fit physically. He just has his own views and has a one size fits all policy.

JRTwalker said:

I think I would be depressed with your Dr nebraska_beauty !!
I am no expert here and there will be responses from those that know far more than me but I would contribute that you will need 3 months on LC diet and then see what your HbA1c reads? Your weight is not excessive and doesn't preclude high BG levels in my opinion. (my weight is 102Kg / 16 st but HbA1c now 37 and down from 100)
My advice is to try to minimise carbs but without countering with excessive calories and see what happens over next three months. Holding back repercussions of T2 seems demonstrably possible for many people as those on this forum will testify.
The trick is knowing what contains Carbs that you may not have thought did

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Thanks. I never thought my weight was excessive either and I am physically fit. he has a one size fits all policy and says it is all because of my weight. I am still on the LCHF diet and will see what happens in three months. Today I have done a 5 mile hike uphill and down dale without problems. If it was that bad and I am as overweight as he makes out I doubt I would be able to manage that either. I bet the athletes with body muscle weigh as much as me so would he tell them they need to lose three stone as well. So many poor doctors out there.