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<blockquote data-quote="Glitterbritches" data-source="post: 807700" data-attributes="member: 161845"><p>Yes, my lay understanding is that weightloss in general - if has to be significant, but not necessarily quick - might hold the key to reversal, even in "thin" Type 2/metabolic disorder diabetics (with the understanding that some just would not be able to get thin enough and drew the short end of the genetic stick on this one point).</p><p></p><p>The "Newcastle" diet is just a VLCD, which has drawbacks . . . But generally speaking, so does being obese, so in some cases the benefits more than outweigh the potential drawbacks. In other cases, measured weight loss makes more sense (if you can manage it - in some crazy way, VLCDs can actually be easier than traditional dieting). But of course, with traditional dieting, you're already learning your new lifestyle choice, whereas with a VLCD it would be suicidal to maintain that diet indefinitely. So the transition at the end can be more jarring for VLCD goers . . . But that's tempered by the fact that going on a VLCD can help you (well, it helped me) appreciate food as a fuel from a distance, without having it in your face all the time. When I'm done with my VLCD, I'll have spent two months with no fast food, no trashy snack foods, no going-alone-to-the -buffet and getting my money's worth, no stuffing myself with carbs for dinner then having a late night carb meal again because I'm still hungry. I could redevelop those bad habits, and if I do I will have one person to blame, but this period of rest and willpower has given me more strength than I thought I had when it came to diet, and I think it will carry over for the rest of my life.</p><p></p><p>And it works - it worked in a clinical trial, it anecdotally worked for a LOT of people after the study and it appears to already be working for me. From a dangerous A1C at diagnosis and scary fasting blood glucose levels even on 20g of carbs a day, I've seen my BG come under insane control . . .and my diet is over 100g of carbs/day, with over 50 of those grams coming from sugars. Last week I cheated (of sorts) and had a meal that included a baked potato, French dressing on a salad, and the most sugary cake you can imagine, and within 2 hours my BG was in the 80 mg/dL range (oh how I wish I would have been able to test at one hour!)</p><p></p><p>I'll shut up,now, I could talk for hours, and after viewing your profile, I see you've been around the block a time or two already <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Glitterbritches, post: 807700, member: 161845"] Yes, my lay understanding is that weightloss in general - if has to be significant, but not necessarily quick - might hold the key to reversal, even in "thin" Type 2/metabolic disorder diabetics (with the understanding that some just would not be able to get thin enough and drew the short end of the genetic stick on this one point). The "Newcastle" diet is just a VLCD, which has drawbacks . . . But generally speaking, so does being obese, so in some cases the benefits more than outweigh the potential drawbacks. In other cases, measured weight loss makes more sense (if you can manage it - in some crazy way, VLCDs can actually be easier than traditional dieting). But of course, with traditional dieting, you're already learning your new lifestyle choice, whereas with a VLCD it would be suicidal to maintain that diet indefinitely. So the transition at the end can be more jarring for VLCD goers . . . But that's tempered by the fact that going on a VLCD can help you (well, it helped me) appreciate food as a fuel from a distance, without having it in your face all the time. When I'm done with my VLCD, I'll have spent two months with no fast food, no trashy snack foods, no going-alone-to-the -buffet and getting my money's worth, no stuffing myself with carbs for dinner then having a late night carb meal again because I'm still hungry. I could redevelop those bad habits, and if I do I will have one person to blame, but this period of rest and willpower has given me more strength than I thought I had when it came to diet, and I think it will carry over for the rest of my life. And it works - it worked in a clinical trial, it anecdotally worked for a LOT of people after the study and it appears to already be working for me. From a dangerous A1C at diagnosis and scary fasting blood glucose levels even on 20g of carbs a day, I've seen my BG come under insane control . . .and my diet is over 100g of carbs/day, with over 50 of those grams coming from sugars. Last week I cheated (of sorts) and had a meal that included a baked potato, French dressing on a salad, and the most sugary cake you can imagine, and within 2 hours my BG was in the 80 mg/dL range (oh how I wish I would have been able to test at one hour!) I'll shut up,now, I could talk for hours, and after viewing your profile, I see you've been around the block a time or two already :) [/QUOTE]
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