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Problem only with Fasting blood sugar

I noticed after a few weeks of going carnivor and eating 3 times a day that my blood levels would be around 6.5 to 7 at end of day so my morning bloods were never below 5 and my weight stalled at 14 stone. I cut my mid day meal out which i feel i didnt need and saw a reduction in my weight and bloods dropped into 4 to 4.5 range in the morning
I do look a bit scrawny but i am now exercising 5 times a week with resistance bands but i have been inactive for 20ish years and put alot of muscle waistage down to that more than reduced protein
I am working out how my body works with great information from people like yourself and then applying it to myself and see how it goes
 

Fewer, larger meals with no snacking works wonders for type 2. Even OMAD if it suits. This can be the difference between managing your diabetes day-to-day and giving it a right good kicking so you can mostly forget about it. I have found that even drinking coffee can have an effect because it disturbs my natural appetite. Plus of course double cream technically breaks a fast, which won’t help much.
 
Thank you very, very much for your mail. It is full of hope for me. I thought I had to reduce my protein intake for good. That was the reason I was so concerned. But, as you told me, it's a completely different story. I am 100% decided to try this alternative (reducing at about 90 g daily intake of protein). My question is for ho long should reduce my daily protein intake to see an improvement in my fasting blood sugar ?
I would be very grateful if you could be so kind to tell me what and how did you do to reverse your type 2 diabetes. I tried to access your profile to se more about you but I was not allowed. I hope to keep be in touch with you.
 
Very nice and I congratulate you. I have to recognize I am lazy enough about exercising. I live in a house with garden and I like to do all kind of work in my garden. But, because the cold season, even if I have all kind of gadgets at home, I recognize I am not using them. I know. Shame on me ! I do now and then some brisk walks. I have, generally, two meals a day. I recognize, I like meat (all kind, less beef) and fish.
 


There's no way to know how long it may take. For you it may not even work, but I can only recommend trying it based on my own experience. The timelines are a bit blurry to me now but basically I beat my diabetes with a whole food grain-free keto diet but was always a bit susceptible to excess protein. When I started pure keto-carnivore (no plants) this was obviously a challenge, but I stuck with it, became a fat hunter (looking for fatty meats) and did intermittent fasting with zero snacking between meals. Mostly OMAD (one meal a day).

Over time my sensitivity to excess protein became virtually nil, and now I consider myself completely diabetes free. Hardly ever check my glucose, but when I do it's always in the ~4 range. Even in the mornings. If I went back to a high-carb diet I'm sure it would return, but I love the keto-carnivore lifestyle so for me, sticking with it for life is easy.

But that is just my story. I am not suggesting for a moment that reducing protein will work for you, but it's worth a try to see if it helps.
 
Thank you for your reply. My diet is also grain-free but I eat plants (salads, vegetables) just for fiber, minerals, vitamins.
I would like to know from where did you take fiber during your pure keto-carnivore (NO PLANTS) diet.
Just like you, I am a fat hunter (fat bacon, fat pork meat, fat chicken skin, butter etc.) because I like very much fat and eggs.
I tried a few times OMAD but usually I eat now two meals in the 6-8 hours eating window.
Definitively I will give a try for protein.
 

I rarely eat fibre. Do much better without it.
 
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