If you like meat, then Keto is ideal for you. In my mind Plant based is a fad, designed to push people towards Veganism. Without animal based foods, mankind would not still be here, we would have died out thousands of years ago.
Hi All,
New here and trying to navigate the Type2 Newbie maze of information. I am finding lots of good information! Thanks!
However, when I come across clear misinformation, regardless of whether it is presented kindly with useful advice (
@ajbod ), or just blindly pushing it like Propaganda, I feel the need to clear the air so that people don't go away believing in unresearched and incorrect data.
Here, ajbod is stating that it is a personal belief, which in my mind is not the bad kind of misinformation. It simply needs addressing.
To begin, I eat meat, though not as much as I have in the past. I love salad leaf (ground veg someone above titled), tomatoes, celery, radish, pimento-stuffed olives, sprinkled with sea salt and coarse ground pepper. I have a lot of friends can't stand that! (lol) Oddly, none of them have Type 2 diabetes...
I also eat a LOT of fruit: Apples, Pears, Nectarines, oranges, grapes, strawberries and blueberries are on my weekly shopping list, and I like to add one or two "new" fruits (ie, that aren't regularly on my list!). Examples: kiwi, plums, mangos, pomegranate,
Anyways, Plant-Based isn't a fad, it's an inevitability within the mess we've gotten ourselves into over the last 300 odd years. It's true that eating animal based food has aided the evolution of our brains, and identities, but there is no definitive proof that we would not have evolved or indeed survived, without it. If anything, there is much proof that we could have easily survived without, opting for a whole diet of plant-based food.
Personally, I am not keen on all these burgers which are designed to mimic meat. When I see them, it just reminds me that some of us are struggling with the idea that meat in our diets is actually hurting the planet. The methane added to the atmosphere from mega-farming animals such as cows, sheep and pigs is not just alarming, it truly is damaging the future for us, our children, and future generations. Even more alarming, something I found out recently, is the amount of methane released by rice paddy farming! I encourage all to look up.
One change I made to my diet this last year is a reduction to zero of seafood. I encourage people to track down and watch the enlightening documentary titled "Seaspiracy". In it's pursuit of how plastic waste is affecting our seas, it inadvertently uncovers facts about the seafood industry, and losing our sea-life would absolutely cause many deaths among us, if not all of us. This is my opinion, and I encourage refutation with proof.
I am not suggesting everyone give up on meat and seafood (remember I still eat meat!), but please don't flippantly imagine that it's ok, without finding information about the origin of everything you eat.
Finally, I'll add I was diagnosed with 115, being told that 55 or similar was the diabetes threshold. The Nurse then set me to test my blood sugar 3 times, and inject Insulin once per day. I started testing and recording my BG tester results and after a good long night sleep it is consistently 13.x each morning. a couple of hours after a meal, I would have 20-32, varied results. Confused, I thought that was much lower than 115 and that 55 threshold! So I didn't inject as instructed the first week, planning to bring this up with my GP. I didn't want to inject Insulin and suddenly drop below 4!
What I learned from my pharmacist, who is NOT a diabetes expert, is that normal is between 4 and 7! So what was all this 115 and 55??? No one explained that the doctor would receive 1 type of results and that I would move forward using DIFFERENT units of measurement!
Thanks to this website, I have now manged to get my head around injecting, testing, caloric intake, and other really helpful advice and information, including conversion between HbA1c and DCCT or IFCC units. I'm finally feeling less confused!
I don't know how long it will take for me to get down to between 4 and 7, but I am hopeful, and wish all the best to everyone here!