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<blockquote data-quote="ianf0ster" data-source="post: 2246372" data-attributes="member: 506169"><p>Hi Del2864, It's good that you have a Blood Glucose meter and are testing. The way most people in here reverse their T2D is by using a Low Carb way of eating, not necessarily any calorie restriction even for those who want to lose weight.</p><p></p><p>An alternative to Low Carb is a fairly short ultra low calorie diet (800Cals ) 2 that are used most are the Newcastle diet (meal substitutes) or the Blood Sugar Diet by Dr Michael Mosely which is 800Calories but uses real food.</p><p></p><p>There are 2 problems with these crash diets (apart from the willpower required to basically starve yourself):</p><p>1. You can only do them for a limited time and then have to switch to something more sustainable (such as Low Carb).- so why not do Low Carb in the first place since it acts just as fast for Blood Glucose reduction and is easier to do for most because there is no starvation involved.</p><p>2. When you starve yourself your body adapts so as to use less energy to just stay alive. You feel that lack of energy. But this means that in order to maintain the weight loss you need to cut calories even more and your body adapts to that again. Then when you end the diet you must stick to a much lower calorie intake for life since if you eat more then your body will put weight back on.</p><p></p><p>The 3rd alternative (but really only for those who are severely obese is fasting which is the approach of Dr Jason Fung. Basically this is living off your stores of fat and taking supplements to avoid severe deficiencies. Strangely this approach doesn't reduce your resting metabolic rate, so afterwards a more reasonable calorie intake rather than an artificially reduced one is possible.</p><p></p><p>For any Type 2 trying out Low Carb, I strongly suggest measuring BG before each meal and then 2hrs after first bite. This is because each person processes Carbohydrates slightly differently. Some can eat small quantities of potatoes, where I can't even eat a raw carrot.! Only by testing (aiming for a rise of less than 2 mmol) can you tell which carbs in which quantities your body can tolerate.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ianf0ster, post: 2246372, member: 506169"] Hi Del2864, It's good that you have a Blood Glucose meter and are testing. The way most people in here reverse their T2D is by using a Low Carb way of eating, not necessarily any calorie restriction even for those who want to lose weight. An alternative to Low Carb is a fairly short ultra low calorie diet (800Cals ) 2 that are used most are the Newcastle diet (meal substitutes) or the Blood Sugar Diet by Dr Michael Mosely which is 800Calories but uses real food. There are 2 problems with these crash diets (apart from the willpower required to basically starve yourself): 1. You can only do them for a limited time and then have to switch to something more sustainable (such as Low Carb).- so why not do Low Carb in the first place since it acts just as fast for Blood Glucose reduction and is easier to do for most because there is no starvation involved. 2. When you starve yourself your body adapts so as to use less energy to just stay alive. You feel that lack of energy. But this means that in order to maintain the weight loss you need to cut calories even more and your body adapts to that again. Then when you end the diet you must stick to a much lower calorie intake for life since if you eat more then your body will put weight back on. The 3rd alternative (but really only for those who are severely obese is fasting which is the approach of Dr Jason Fung. Basically this is living off your stores of fat and taking supplements to avoid severe deficiencies. Strangely this approach doesn't reduce your resting metabolic rate, so afterwards a more reasonable calorie intake rather than an artificially reduced one is possible. For any Type 2 trying out Low Carb, I strongly suggest measuring BG before each meal and then 2hrs after first bite. This is because each person processes Carbohydrates slightly differently. Some can eat small quantities of potatoes, where I can't even eat a raw carrot.! Only by testing (aiming for a rise of less than 2 mmol) can you tell which carbs in which quantities your body can tolerate. [/QUOTE]
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