Hi All
I am of the view that a low carb diet is necessary for beating type 2 diabetes. I also believe that a low fat diet is also necessary, though many would disagree.
But what I don't understand about low carb diets is that many of them come with a high fat content.
Diabetes control aside, that to me seems strange. All cardio-vascular hospital consultants are very emphatic in their view that a low fat diet is best for avoiding clogged arteries, strokes, heart attacks and other vascular conditions. It seems to me that even if a low carb high fat diet can help you control your diet, it will be injuring cardio-vascular system ... so why do so many on this website recomment a high fat diet?
The advice that fat causes heart attacks and strokes has never been proven - despite all the effort. In fact the obesity crisis started around the same time when the advice for low fat became standard.
I've recently read the book "The Diabetes Code" by Jason Fung. I've also watched a few of his youtube lectures. And it makes sense. It’s all based on science. Here is a short summary.
– Calories are not all equal. Our metabolism is driven by hormones which regulate hunger and base metabolic rate (BMR). Eating less of the same does not work. it lowers your BMR and leaves you hungry. This is why most diets fail.
– Sugar/carbs is converted into fat in your liver. If you eat too much of it, this makes you fat and causes diabetes.
– Eating too much sugar/carbs leads to too much insulin in your body (Hyperinsulinemia) and insulin resistance which causes diabetes.
– Fat is actually good for you. All studies trying to prove link between butter and cardiovascular disease failed.
– Guidelines to eat low-fat led to sugar being added (for flavour) to almost every food (even bacon). This is likely a main cause of the huge increase in obesity and diabetes.
– Medication lowering your blood sugar levels do exactly that – they lower your blood sugar, but your diabetes gets worse.
– Diabetes type 2 is a dietary disease, so needs to (can) be overcome by changing diet. Sugar/carbs must be reduced or temporarily removed.
– Intermittent fasting works! Evolution has taught our bodies to burn fat when we don’t eat.
Edit: - added type 2 in 3rd line from bottom. Thanks TopHat1900 for pointing this out.