Low Carb impact on sight

Graham1960 said:

For the past couple of years I've had to have 3 monthly eye checks and at the last appointment the Doctor talked about it may be necessary to start injecting directly into my eyes. This certainly motivated me to look for an alternative option, luckily I've found it here. Three months of low carb living and at today's eye check up there was no talk of injections, in fact the Doctor was so impressed in the improvement next appointment increased to 6 months. My eyes aren't totally cured but heading in the right direction.
Thank you Diabetes.co.uk for the advice on low carb living.

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Energize said:

Well done, @Graham1960
I agree that low carb is the way to go. However, I find it's hard to stick to if I have a few stressful days. I've recently learned I now have 'background retinopathy' (annual Diabetic Eye Screening) which is giving me that little bit more motivation to stick to low carbs. After reading your post, I'm more motivated to stick with the diet in the hope the background retinopathy will improve and not become an issue - thank you

@Mal37
It's definitely worth taking every effort to get/keep your blood glucose levels within 'normal' levels as much as possible. It's so easy to 'fall off' and then very hard to get back on track. I do sympathise as I really struggle too.

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Graham1960 said:

For the past couple of years I've had to have 3 monthly eye checks and at the last appointment the Doctor talked about it may be necessary to start injecting directly into my eyes. This certainly motivated me to look for an alternative option, luckily I've found it here. Three months of low carb living and at today's eye check up there was no talk of injections, in fact the Doctor was so impressed in the improvement next appointment increased to 6 months. My eyes aren't totally cured but heading in the right direction.
Thank you Diabetes.co.uk for the advice on low carb living.

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sally and james said:

A strict low carb diet (20 to 30g per day) over the last 5 years has allowed my husband's proliferative retinopathy to regress to just a hint of "background". The opthalmology consultant used the word "amazing", and, yes, that is what it is and all it really takes is cutting out the carbs.
sally

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sally and james said:

A strict low carb diet (20 to 30g per day) over the last 5 years has allowed my husband's proliferative retinopathy to regress to just a hint of "background". The opthalmology consultant used the word "amazing", and, yes, that is what it is and all it really takes is cutting out the carbs.
sally

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