borofergie said:
I think that what Roy is eating is about as fat from the NHS diet as what I eat (but in the opposite direction).
I don't know about the exact details of Roy's diet, but I bet his intake of refined carbohydrates is quite low. Although I tend to avoid them, fruits and tubers are much better sources of carbohydrate than flour and sugar. I don't know for sure, but I'd bet that Roy's food intake is a good example of a low-GI diet.
Just because low-carb works, it doesn't mean that it's the only metabolic regime that can be successful. Because he eats hardly any fat, and only small amounts of protein, it's also feasible that his body has adapted to burning carbohydrates more efficiently (in a similar way to a low-carber like me becomes "fat-adapted")..
I was in no way denigrating Roy's diet. I certainly know that their is more ways than one to approach a problem. My question to him was based on an answer that he gave to 'dawnmc' which was to the question of "What do you eat".
To which his reply was:
"Just simple foods like Porage, sweet potatoes ,green veg and salad, fruit, home made wholemeal break,wholemeal pasta and rice. canned beans in water and lemons and limes etc;"
As I indicated to him, many of the foods on that list would wreck my BG levels and wanted to know if they had spiked his levels when beginning his vegan regiment and then moderated over time. While some of those foods might be found on the Low GI list, many are not low GL and difficult for a good many people with diabetes to consume without large deviations in their blood sugar.
If in fact those foods did bother him to begin with and they later moderated and allowed for good blood glucose readings then one would have to surmise that the body healed in its ability to process the higher levels of glucose. If that is so then, as I said, that would point to a curative effect in his diet and would, at least in part, vindicate the NHS diet which recommends fruit, whole grains, pastas and rice.
I never had a problem with or doubted what he was doing, I was just trying to understand it. I take little for granted as to method but try to learn from everyone. While I have done relatively well since my diagnosis, I am a relative new comer to this condition and while I can speak with some authority as to my results over a very short period of time, I am ever mindful that what ever route we take in dealing with this condition could put us in a worse position than we were to started... It took me a long time to 'catch' diabetes and the results of what I do now could take a long time to manifest it self in a negative way in the future.
Kenny :thumbup: