I'm just sooo surprised at how fast the change was.Hi DaveH2 - yes, my experience was pretty much the same except I have Type II. By following LCHF and the advice on here I got my hba1c down into the normal range within months and felt better than I had in years - although I've never quite achieved the spotless house!
I think quite a few people experience that renewed energy as well as other improvements in health. To be honest, so many of my health markers have improved not just my blood glucose numbers. I genuinely feel healthier - well, am healthier - than I have been for years. Sounds like you're going to experience the same. I'm really pleased for you!
.... Welcome to the wonderful world of LCHF.Just a quick update
I have been on a LCHF diet now for 6 days! My total carbs for those 6 days is just shy of 300g.
My sleep patterns have changed already. from sleeping 12-14 hours combined normal nighttime sleep and afternoon naps, I'm down to 8 hours at night ONLY. I haven't needed an afternoon nap for 3 days. I generally feel more awake all the time and have vastly more energy.
Am I reading too much into it or will a change in diet really have such a drastic effect so rapidly?
There is, but there was for the bulk of us. I took notes, tested a lot, and went from there. You don't have to get everything right overnight, but from the sound of it, you're doing really well already.Thanks for all that info! There's a lot to learn ...
Hello everyone! I have just joined this forum today and am looking for some advice.
I have just be diagnosed with prediabetes, with an HbA1c level of 42 mmol/mol.
I am 48 years old and weigh 55kg (BMI 19.4 - healthy but at the lower end.) I’m not particularly active (I don’t take part in sports etc.) but I do walk a fair bit - since diagnosis, I have started briskly walking for 30-45 minutes each day. I am a moderate smoker and before my prediabetes diagnosis, I was already cutting down.
I am asthmatic and use Ventolin and Clenil inhalers. I also take folate tablets to raise my vitamin B9 levels.
I have a mixed diet that is reasonably good - ie a lot of home cooking, but once a week I may have a pizza or a burger, etc. I would be a liar if I said I managed my “5-a-day”
As I would imagine is the case with many people, I am somewhat overwhelmed and confused with what I have to do. I also appear to have symptoms that are worse than my HbA1c level would suggest (in my judgement.)
I’ll start with symptoms that may be caused by my condition.
Sleepiness/lack of energy. I sleep 8 hours per night, pretty much every night. Occasionally, I’ll have great difficulty in nodding off, but most of the time I’m OK. I don’t drink caffeine after 8pm. During the day, I never really wake up - I feel the same all day as when you do normally in the first 15 minutes of waking up. I also sleep during the day for between 1 and 4 hours - this could be in one go, or separated of 2 or 3 occasions.
Healing - cuts and sores take many months to heal - I have about 3 sores all behind my hairline, 1 of which hasn’t healed in months and 2 which haven’t healed in many years - a decade or more - these have been treated with medicated shampoo at the suggestion of my GP, but even prolonged use doesn’t make them fully heal.
Itching - Constant itchiness, particularly my upper back and chest, but also legs and arms - it’s the kind of itch that scratching doesn’t really fix - I can scratch and literally seconds later the itch is back.
Thirst and urination. I am pretty much constantly thirsty, which possibly leads to me needing to pee frequently - up to a dozen times a day and occasionally immediately after I have just been - ie within a minute. When I get the urge to pee, I need to go with some urgency. I need to get up in the night to pee and frequently wake up with a raging thirst. Occasionally, I also wake up in the night hungry in need of a small snack, such as a packet of crisps or a biscuit.
That’s the main symptoms, though I do also have a concern that some sexual dysfunction and potentially, blurred vision and hearing loss may be attributable to my diagnosis.
Do these symptoms correspond to my diagnosis? And where do I go from here?
Many thanks!
Just a quick update
I have been on a LCHF diet now for 6 days! My total carbs for those 6 days is just shy of 300g.
My sleep patterns have changed already. from sleeping 12-14 hours combined normal nighttime sleep and afternoon naps, I'm down to 8 hours at night ONLY. I haven't needed an afternoon nap for 3 days. I generally feel more awake all the time and have vastly more energy.
Am I reading too much into it or will a change in diet really have such a drastic effect so rapidly?
Hi Dave. I have just been diagnosed as prediabetic after a blood test to find out why I am so absolutely exhausted all of the time. My reading was 42. I have no idea what diet to adopt really apart from watching sugar content, although I thought I was pretty healthy anyway, never adding sugar to anything and eating well, or so I thought. I know I’ll have to exercise more and plan on doing that but I’m so confused with what diet to follow. I don’t want to lose weight as I’m actually border line underweight anyway. Can you give me any help? I feel totally overwhelmed with what I read. ThanksHello everyone! I have just joined this forum today and am looking for some advice.
I have just be diagnosed with prediabetes, with an HbA1c level of 42 mmol/mol.
I am 48 years old and weigh 55kg (BMI 19.4 - healthy but at the lower end.) I’m not particularly active (I don’t take part in sports etc.) but I do walk a fair bit - since diagnosis, I have started briskly walking for 30-45 minutes each day. I am a moderate smoker and before my prediabetes diagnosis, I was already cutting down.
I am asthmatic and use Ventolin and Clenil inhalers. I also take folate tablets to raise my vitamin B9 levels.
I have a mixed diet that is reasonably good - ie a lot of home cooking, but once a week I may have a pizza or a burger, etc. I would be a liar if I said I managed my “5-a-day”
As I would imagine is the case with many people, I am somewhat overwhelmed and confused with what I have to do. I also appear to have symptoms that are worse than my HbA1c level would suggest (in my judgement.)
I’ll start with symptoms that may be caused by my condition.
Sleepiness/lack of energy. I sleep 8 hours per night, pretty much every night. Occasionally, I’ll have great difficulty in nodding off, but most of the time I’m OK. I don’t drink caffeine after 8pm. During the day, I never really wake up - I feel the same all day as when you do normally in the first 15 minutes of waking up. I also sleep during the day for between 1 and 4 hours - this could be in one go, or separated of 2 or 3 occasions.
Healing - cuts and sores take many months to heal - I have about 3 sores all behind my hairline, 1 of which hasn’t healed in months and 2 which haven’t healed in many years - a decade or more - these have been treated with medicated shampoo at the suggestion of my GP, but even prolonged use doesn’t make them fully heal.
Itching - Constant itchiness, particularly my upper back and chest, but also legs and arms - it’s the kind of itch that scratching doesn’t really fix - I can scratch and literally seconds later the itch is back.
Thirst and urination. I am pretty much constantly thirsty, which possibly leads to me needing to pee frequently - up to a dozen times a day and occasionally immediately after I have just been - ie within a minute. When I get the urge to pee, I need to go with some urgency. I need to get up in the night to pee and frequently wake up with a raging thirst. Occasionally, I also wake up in the night hungry in need of a small snack, such as a packet of crisps or a biscuit.
That’s the main symptoms, though I do also have a concern that some sexual dysfunction and potentially, blurred vision and hearing loss may be attributable to my diagnosis.
Do these symptoms correspond to my diagnosis? And where do I go from here?
Many thanks!
Hi Dave. I have just been diagnosed as prediabetic after a blood test to find out why I am so absolutely exhausted all of the time. My reading was 42. I have no idea what diet to adopt really apart from watching sugar content, although I thought I was pretty healthy anyway, never adding sugar to anything and eating well, or so I thought. I know I’ll have to exercise more and plan on doing that but I’m so confused with what diet to follow. I don’t want to lose weight as I’m actually border line underweight anyway. Can you give me any help? I feel totally overwhelmed with what I read. Thanks
Are you sticking to low fat options? That could be why you are lacking in energy.
We need fats.
Sugars and starches are carbs - they are not separate food groups - and brown carbs are just as much carbs as white ones, so you might find no benefit at all from whole anything bread.
There is Livlife bread, from Waitrose and protein bred from Asda, where I live, and they are just 4 gm of carbs per (admittedly quite small) slice. The local bakery which sells all sorts of fancy breads swears that diabetics can eat his wares - what people will do to make a sale.......
I use a Tee 2 meter - cheap strips make all the difference to how often you can test.
The plenty of fruit is not a good idea.
Fructose is sugar. And the liver treats fructose as poison. Since most T2's are prone to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, and fructose gets stored as liver fat... You could have a few berries, avocado.... https://www.dietdoctor.com/low-carb/fruits might help.My doctor advised me to eat 2 bits of fruit per day - do you think that is too much?
PS: When I read about "plenty of fruit" I was going "No, no, no, no fruits!!!" at my computer monitor.My doctor advised me to eat 2 bits of fruit per day - do you think that is too much?
I wonder why your doctor doesn't like you.My doctor advised me to eat 2 bits of fruit per day - do you think that is too much?
My doctor advised me to eat 2 bits of fruit per day - do you think that is too much?
I wonder why your doctor doesn't like you.
Two pieces of fruit - an apple and a pear, say, would exceed my total daily intake of carbs by quite a way.
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