@CherryAA
"Its an interesting experiment, but I'm not convinced from your numbers . If you love the diet then I guess it makes sense to stick to it, but I'm struggling to see the particular health benefit from what you have posted."
Thanks for showing interest in this.
I dont love the diet but I'm happy with it because I can eat whatever I like within reason as long as I get my Resistant Starch quota daily.
I wasn't sure what my readings would be but now that I look closely at them they mostly seem to be in Pre-Diabetic range which only confirms what my Hba1c results have shown.
As for you not being convinced about the BG numbers comes as no surprise to me, as the BG spikes would probably be a good bit higher if you took the carb rich meals because of the type of diet you are on.
"It may well be that it is having all the benefits set out but its not particularly showing through. It might be worthwhile to invest in an Abbott freestyle monitor - its £50 for two weeks and that would allow you to see how high / if all these carbs and fibres are spiking you after meals ."
I can only tell you about the benefits I've experienced so far.
My Hba1c is coming down. From 76 to 45 in 6 months.
I've lost weight 49lbs.
My past High blood pressure is now down to normal 120/70 or less.
I have more energy.
Had a patch of skin on my shin that bled every time I absentmindedly scatched if it itched there, this has now healed over.
I have no intention of buying another BG monitor as I go for full blood analysis in June and the monitor I'm using at present gives me a general indication of how my BG's are.
"My own hba1C came down from 92 to 34 over 18 months and now I rarely ever see an 8 at any time and spend most of the day 4.5- 5.0 that was just eating a regular LCHF diet. If one assumes that pretty much " anything within reason " excludes eating junk food, then I would say that I can pretty much do that now without the starch and without yet being slim . I suspect yhe more you tweak your diet by removing it, the better your numbers will become."
Kudos to you working for hard at the LCHF diet as it is working for you that's great.
I tried a similar diet years ago called the Atkins Diet did help me but found it too restrictive.
Not sure what you mean about the Junk Foods that I'm eating I suspect you are referring to the Carb Rich foods I have these because I can and they don't seem to be spiking my BG too much.
In my opinion Junk Food is food that has little to no nutritional value.
To me that would be sweets, cakes & biscuits, I only eat these very occassionally.
When I said anything within reason I was talking about taking the not so healthy stuff occassionally.
What I didnt like when I done the Atkins Diet was when I was socialising, couldn't have what I wanted to eat or drink and found It too hard.
Maybe it's just me that hasn't the will power for a LCHF diet and the way you count the carbs and use your BG & ketone monitors to decide when to eat but kudos to you guys that do, It's just for me that The Resistant Starch diet is easy to follow and stick to.
