Passionate
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Is low carbon diet the only way to reverse this state?
Hi Passionate and welcome. I would be very hesitant about saying low-carb is the only way. However it has worked very well for me (I don't have any experience of anything else) and for many others - you can read a large number of accounts in the "Success Stories" part of the forum.Is low carbon diet the only way to reverse this state?
Did you reduce your weight to lower your blood sugar?Very respectfully - it's my experience that we don't need to reduce calorie intake as long as we restrict carbs and sugars. I certainly got excellent results this way, and I'm by no means the only one here who found this happy fact.
I don't know how to lose weight without a calorie deficit and losing weight is the number one strategy for reducing blood sugar.Very respectfully - it's my experience that we don't need to reduce calorie intake as long as we restrict carbs and sugars. I certainly got excellent results this way, and I'm by no means the only one here who found this happy fact.
All carbs turn to glucose in our body.I don't know how to lose weight without a calorie deficit and losing weight is the number one strategy for reducing blood sugar.
Yes, I know that. But weight loss is still promoted as the most effective strategy to lower blood sugar. Besides which, there are multiple other health benefits to lowering weight, or rather body fat and in particular visceral fat in conjunction with increasing muscle mass.All carbs turn to glucose in our body.
So fewer carbs is lower blood sugar, regardless of calories or weight.
It may be what’s promoted doesn’t make it true for me at all. For me and many others with T2 on this forum it’s the lowering of carbs that is the most effective strategy to lower blood sugarYes, I know that. But weight loss is still promoted as the most effective strategy to lower blood sugar. Besides which, there are multiple other health benefits to lowering weight, or rather body fat and in particular visceral fat in conjunction with increasing muscle mass.
Did you lose weight as a result of a low carb diet? I think the evidence is that a diet that restricts any of the macronutrients is often accompanied by a reduction in calories.It may be what’s promoted doesn’t make it true for me at all. For me and many others with T2 on this forum it’s the lowering of carbs that is the most effective strategy to lower blood sugar
Yes I lost over 11st and kept it off for 12 years now, never counted calories but the weight just melted off, I know that I was consuming more calories than I did before low carb/keto because I was obsessed with calories and knew the calories in everything without looking it up. At the beginning I reckon I was eating about 300 cals a day more than I had for years on low calorie weight loss diets of which I’d tried every one including shakes, bars, cabbage soup,Did you lose weight as a result of a low carb diet? I think the evidence is that a diet that restricts any of the macronutrients is often accompanied by a reduction in calories.
Wow, that's a significant amount of weight to lose You were consuming more calories on a low carb diet than previously and still lost weight. Did you do a lot of exercise?Yes I lost over 11st and kept it off for 12 years now, never counted calories but the weight just melted off, I know that I was consuming more calories than I did before low carb/keto because I was obsessed with calories and knew the calories in everything without looking it up. At the beginning I reckon I was eating about 300 cals a day more than I had for years on low calorie weight loss diets of which I’d tried every one including shakes, bars, cabbage soup,
None, nothing changed apart from my food choices.Wow, that's a significant amount of weight to lose You were consuming more calories on a low carb diet than previously and still lost weight. Did you do a lot of exercise?