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<blockquote data-quote="Fuggs" data-source="post: 925431" data-attributes="member: 185174"><p>Hi guys, I will chuck my two pennyworth in the hat for what its worth...</p><p></p><p>I was diagnosed as T2 going on T1. with strong insulin resistance [I am 65] my MMol was usually 9-18. My Doc wanted to put me on metformin but I felt this was masking the problem not solving it. Did a lot of research. Lots..</p><p></p><p>Newcastle University have it sussed which bizarrely my Doc. didn't know anything about???? Why wouldn't a so called professional want to be up with current medical findings? When I gave him a copy of the trials and published data he dismissed it as a fad.....So he knows more than Newcastle BioMedicine research..Yeah....NOT</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.ncl.ac.uk/magres/research/diabetes/reversal.htm" target="_blank">http://www.ncl.ac.uk/magres/research/diabetes/reversal.htm</a></p><p></p><p>As they say, "It has been possible to work out the basic mechanisms which lead to type 2 diabetes. Too much fat within liver and pancreas prevents normal insulin action and prevents normal insulin secretion. Both defects are reversible by substantial weight loss."</p><p></p><p>So after reading all the junk my Doc gave me about balanced diets, grains, fruit, low fat diet etc etc the same old misguided tosh we have had thrown at us for the last 20 years [Which clearly isn't working as Diabetes is even higher now despite us all being on the lowest fat consumed for years] I binned it all and decided to go go on the Low carb high fat diet, much to the horror of all around me. I decided to train my body to burn my fat for energy not the carbs I eat. </p><p></p><p>4 weeks on my morning BG test is usually 7 ish, [The dawn phenomenon] which I am working on, but it is getting lower. </p><p>After breakfast my postprandial BG then drops to about 4.8 to 5 within 3 hours then slowly down over the day to 4 - 4.5 [ish]</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.diabetesselfmanagement.com/blog/controlling-the-dawn-phenomenon/" target="_blank">http://www.diabetesselfmanagement.com/blog/controlling-the-dawn-phenomenon/</a>.</p><p></p><p>But I NEVER - EVER miss breakfast now. Ever....Its a fallacy to miss breakfast in the hope your BG will drop. If you do your liver will dump more glucose into your blood to make up for lack of it from food and to supply you with energy for the day [Dawn phenomenon again]. </p><p>Eat some fatty food, salami, fatty pork/ Oily fish [NEVER Tuna, too much mercury in it] and and the BG drops nicely.</p><p></p><p>Two/three scrambled eggs, few chives, chunks of fried Polish bacon mixed in and a good dollop of thick cream in, topped with 2/3 tablespoons of organic grass fed unsalted butter. </p><p></p><p>Set for the day, never get hungry for 4/5 hours. No afternoon flagging like the old days and I stay on low carb food, lunch maybe big salads, and I mean big, half a Cos lettuce etc. 1/4 Avocado evry day, loads of mayonnaise, [Home made of course], Olive oil and Mackerel fillets, NEVER any bought salad cream or dressings.....deadly stuff.</p><p></p><p>Dinner big plate of steamed vegetables, cabbage, Brocoli, [No carrots or root veg.] loads of butter or coconut oil. small handful of meat or fish, my BG never goes above 5. </p><p></p><p>If I have a sandwich or any appreciable carb other than veg it rockets to 7/8 plus. always, and takes ages to come down unless I exercise hard to burn the glucose. [1/2 hour usually did it]</p><p></p><p>Coffee is black with a big dollop of thick cream....no sugar...Tea the same.</p><p></p><p>Dont eat bread, rice, potatoes or anything white. No fruit [Fructose] Other than fish and meat etc. No breakfast cereal trash, scrutinize every box/packet and jar label if its got more than 3g carb don't touch it.. Always fry in organic coconut oil.</p><p>NEVER any oil such as Canolo, Palm oil, etc.etc. all junk.</p><p></p><p>Social drinking is Becks Blue beer, [only 3.8 carbs, no alcohol] or 100ml of red wine topped up in a tall boy glass with soda water.</p><p>Dining out is alwasy steak, large salard loads of butter. NEVER chips, onions rings or junk like that [carbs...] Sweet is cheese no biscuits.</p><p>Do drink loads of Volvic water. [Has lots of Silica in it good for Aluminium removal] </p><p></p><p>I always used to drink 2/3 good measures of Scotch every night but have now gone off it.</p><p></p><p>My LDL gone down, HDL about 85, Triglycerides down big time.[Yes despite all the fat ?......]</p><p></p><p>I always walk more than 10K steps a day or cycle for an hour or so.</p><p></p><p>I also check my BG 3-4 times a day with AccuCheck Mobile tester and keep a full food diary.</p><p></p><p>Definitely a low carb high fat diet suits me, and I have much much more energy than before and nicely dropping pounds as well. [Was 90.6 Kg, now 83.4] Dont miss carbs, dont want or need them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fuggs, post: 925431, member: 185174"] Hi guys, I will chuck my two pennyworth in the hat for what its worth... I was diagnosed as T2 going on T1. with strong insulin resistance [I am 65] my MMol was usually 9-18. My Doc wanted to put me on metformin but I felt this was masking the problem not solving it. Did a lot of research. Lots.. Newcastle University have it sussed which bizarrely my Doc. didn't know anything about???? Why wouldn't a so called professional want to be up with current medical findings? When I gave him a copy of the trials and published data he dismissed it as a fad.....So he knows more than Newcastle BioMedicine research..Yeah....NOT [URL]http://www.ncl.ac.uk/magres/research/diabetes/reversal.htm[/URL] As they say, "It has been possible to work out the basic mechanisms which lead to type 2 diabetes. Too much fat within liver and pancreas prevents normal insulin action and prevents normal insulin secretion. Both defects are reversible by substantial weight loss." So after reading all the junk my Doc gave me about balanced diets, grains, fruit, low fat diet etc etc the same old misguided tosh we have had thrown at us for the last 20 years [Which clearly isn't working as Diabetes is even higher now despite us all being on the lowest fat consumed for years] I binned it all and decided to go go on the Low carb high fat diet, much to the horror of all around me. I decided to train my body to burn my fat for energy not the carbs I eat. 4 weeks on my morning BG test is usually 7 ish, [The dawn phenomenon] which I am working on, but it is getting lower. After breakfast my postprandial BG then drops to about 4.8 to 5 within 3 hours then slowly down over the day to 4 - 4.5 [ish] [URL]http://www.diabetesselfmanagement.com/blog/controlling-the-dawn-phenomenon/[/URL]. But I NEVER - EVER miss breakfast now. Ever....Its a fallacy to miss breakfast in the hope your BG will drop. If you do your liver will dump more glucose into your blood to make up for lack of it from food and to supply you with energy for the day [Dawn phenomenon again]. Eat some fatty food, salami, fatty pork/ Oily fish [NEVER Tuna, too much mercury in it] and and the BG drops nicely. Two/three scrambled eggs, few chives, chunks of fried Polish bacon mixed in and a good dollop of thick cream in, topped with 2/3 tablespoons of organic grass fed unsalted butter. Set for the day, never get hungry for 4/5 hours. No afternoon flagging like the old days and I stay on low carb food, lunch maybe big salads, and I mean big, half a Cos lettuce etc. 1/4 Avocado evry day, loads of mayonnaise, [Home made of course], Olive oil and Mackerel fillets, NEVER any bought salad cream or dressings.....deadly stuff. Dinner big plate of steamed vegetables, cabbage, Brocoli, [No carrots or root veg.] loads of butter or coconut oil. small handful of meat or fish, my BG never goes above 5. If I have a sandwich or any appreciable carb other than veg it rockets to 7/8 plus. always, and takes ages to come down unless I exercise hard to burn the glucose. [1/2 hour usually did it] Coffee is black with a big dollop of thick cream....no sugar...Tea the same. Dont eat bread, rice, potatoes or anything white. No fruit [Fructose] Other than fish and meat etc. No breakfast cereal trash, scrutinize every box/packet and jar label if its got more than 3g carb don't touch it.. Always fry in organic coconut oil. NEVER any oil such as Canolo, Palm oil, etc.etc. all junk. Social drinking is Becks Blue beer, [only 3.8 carbs, no alcohol] or 100ml of red wine topped up in a tall boy glass with soda water. Dining out is alwasy steak, large salard loads of butter. NEVER chips, onions rings or junk like that [carbs...] Sweet is cheese no biscuits. Do drink loads of Volvic water. [Has lots of Silica in it good for Aluminium removal] I always used to drink 2/3 good measures of Scotch every night but have now gone off it. My LDL gone down, HDL about 85, Triglycerides down big time.[Yes despite all the fat ?......] I always walk more than 10K steps a day or cycle for an hour or so. I also check my BG 3-4 times a day with AccuCheck Mobile tester and keep a full food diary. Definitely a low carb high fat diet suits me, and I have much much more energy than before and nicely dropping pounds as well. [Was 90.6 Kg, now 83.4] Dont miss carbs, dont want or need them. [/QUOTE]
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