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<blockquote data-quote="andrewk" data-source="post: 268438" data-attributes="member: 37453"><p><strong>Re: A Geordie trying the Newcastle Diet</strong></p><p></p><p>5.9 this morning <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Agreed - I hope not to need the luck. I've been on a low-carb diet (Atkins) for quite some but my weight loss flattened off, largely due I think to excessive snacking on cheese. At my last annual review (July 11) my HBA1C was 8.9 and, as I was on the max metformin, glimepiride and sitagliptin my GP started muttering about injecting insulin. After that, I decided that this diabetes nonesense was already interfering in my life on an altogether too great a scale, so I must do something about it.</p><p></p><p>During July 11, I happened across Prof Roy Taylor's report on the Newcastle study and after reading that, you really have no option - do you? For a Type 2 diabetic, the research results mandate that you give it a go. As the diet looked kind of hard to maintain, I pondered for a while about whether a low-carb even more ketogenic diet (Atkins induction phase) would have the same effect. I did try that from end-July onwards. I dropped the glimepiride and Sitagliptin because I started getting the odd hypo. Altogether, I lost about 3.5 stones between then and the beginning of April this year. In March, I reduced the metformins to 2x500mg per day and all continued to go well. My BGs were pretty much normal apart from a higher fasting level around 6.7 due to Dawn Phenomenon (probably insufficient basal insulin production). </p><p></p><p>On April Fools day, I decided to have a go at dropping the last of the medication. Over the next couple of weeks, all my BG readings rose a little and it was that which eventually spurred me on to the Newcastle style hypo-caloric diet. FWIW, I'm following the diet closely but using Tesco meal replacement shakes (200cals when made with semi-skimmedd milk) - £4 per tin for 12 meals - cheaper than eating!!</p><p></p><p>I agree with your thoughts that post-diet is crucial. My current plan at the end of week 8, if all goes well, is to migrate onto Atkins again - without the excessive cheese and pate consumption - and move through the phases to maintenance when I get back to a fully normal weight. Hopefully that should maintain normal blood glucose too. </p><p></p><p>Andrew</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="andrewk, post: 268438, member: 37453"] [b]Re: A Geordie trying the Newcastle Diet[/b] 5.9 this morning :-) :-) Agreed - I hope not to need the luck. I've been on a low-carb diet (Atkins) for quite some but my weight loss flattened off, largely due I think to excessive snacking on cheese. At my last annual review (July 11) my HBA1C was 8.9 and, as I was on the max metformin, glimepiride and sitagliptin my GP started muttering about injecting insulin. After that, I decided that this diabetes nonesense was already interfering in my life on an altogether too great a scale, so I must do something about it. During July 11, I happened across Prof Roy Taylor's report on the Newcastle study and after reading that, you really have no option - do you? For a Type 2 diabetic, the research results mandate that you give it a go. As the diet looked kind of hard to maintain, I pondered for a while about whether a low-carb even more ketogenic diet (Atkins induction phase) would have the same effect. I did try that from end-July onwards. I dropped the glimepiride and Sitagliptin because I started getting the odd hypo. Altogether, I lost about 3.5 stones between then and the beginning of April this year. In March, I reduced the metformins to 2x500mg per day and all continued to go well. My BGs were pretty much normal apart from a higher fasting level around 6.7 due to Dawn Phenomenon (probably insufficient basal insulin production). On April Fools day, I decided to have a go at dropping the last of the medication. Over the next couple of weeks, all my BG readings rose a little and it was that which eventually spurred me on to the Newcastle style hypo-caloric diet. FWIW, I'm following the diet closely but using Tesco meal replacement shakes (200cals when made with semi-skimmedd milk) - £4 per tin for 12 meals - cheaper than eating!! I agree with your thoughts that post-diet is crucial. My current plan at the end of week 8, if all goes well, is to migrate onto Atkins again - without the excessive cheese and pate consumption - and move through the phases to maintenance when I get back to a fully normal weight. Hopefully that should maintain normal blood glucose too. Andrew [/QUOTE]
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