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<blockquote data-quote="Oldvatr" data-source="post: 1171393" data-attributes="member: 196898"><p>Although you have referred to LCHF here, the diet is adaptable in that you do not need to go into ketosis mode for it to work. I have found my own trigger level for carb input, at which point I start ketosis, above which I use glucogen. Both modes are actually keeping my bgl close to 5.6mmol/L over the day, so i can pick and choose which i want to use simply by making a minor change to my break fast meal. Similarly, in terms of weight control, I wish to keep my weight static where it now is, having reduced it to a 'normal' BMI for my height. If I start to lose weight below it, then i increase fat intake, and when i reach it again, i lay off the fat. Simple mechanisms. and I can share LCHF diet meals with all my family without having WWIII breaking out. </p><p></p><p>So the HF part of my diet is not much different from where I was 10 years ago. What has changed for me is the LC part, and that has dropped my HbA1c from 99 (11.2 %) to 44 (7.3 %) i.e. a reduction of 3.9% in 3 months, which is better than the WFPB study result I posted above. A couple of wholemeal breadslices or a baked potato without butter would blow all that into a cocked hat. As it is, a large portion of my food intake is actually from plants, but carefully selected LC plants. Last night i had a meat+4 veg meal, it raised my bgl by 0.3mmol/l at 2hrs, and zero at 4hrs. i am not starving or eating rabbit food.</p><p></p><p>And I have dropped my medication down as a result, and as confirmed by my DSN and GP.</p><p></p><p>One aspect that has not been discussed here, which i find invaluable, and that is the subject of hypo's. When aiming at a bgl daily average of around 5,5 mmol/l, then there are times when it goes high, and others when it approaches hypo land. If i am fat adapted (i.e. can automatically switch into keto mode) then I have protection against hypo's since my brain can use ketones as fuel, and my muscles will use fat from my adipose fat stores. This reduces the severity of my hypo's so allows me extra leeway in how I deal with them. Life becomes less stressful since I don't have to panic trying to bump myself up out of danger. I suspect the WFPB diet will reduce my fat stores and will not support efficient switching into keto mode when necessary. However, the larg carb input will probably make hypo's impossible to have. And bgl = 5.5 becomes a myth.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Oldvatr, post: 1171393, member: 196898"] Although you have referred to LCHF here, the diet is adaptable in that you do not need to go into ketosis mode for it to work. I have found my own trigger level for carb input, at which point I start ketosis, above which I use glucogen. Both modes are actually keeping my bgl close to 5.6mmol/L over the day, so i can pick and choose which i want to use simply by making a minor change to my break fast meal. Similarly, in terms of weight control, I wish to keep my weight static where it now is, having reduced it to a 'normal' BMI for my height. If I start to lose weight below it, then i increase fat intake, and when i reach it again, i lay off the fat. Simple mechanisms. and I can share LCHF diet meals with all my family without having WWIII breaking out. So the HF part of my diet is not much different from where I was 10 years ago. What has changed for me is the LC part, and that has dropped my HbA1c from 99 (11.2 %) to 44 (7.3 %) i.e. a reduction of 3.9% in 3 months, which is better than the WFPB study result I posted above. A couple of wholemeal breadslices or a baked potato without butter would blow all that into a cocked hat. As it is, a large portion of my food intake is actually from plants, but carefully selected LC plants. Last night i had a meat+4 veg meal, it raised my bgl by 0.3mmol/l at 2hrs, and zero at 4hrs. i am not starving or eating rabbit food. And I have dropped my medication down as a result, and as confirmed by my DSN and GP. One aspect that has not been discussed here, which i find invaluable, and that is the subject of hypo's. When aiming at a bgl daily average of around 5,5 mmol/l, then there are times when it goes high, and others when it approaches hypo land. If i am fat adapted (i.e. can automatically switch into keto mode) then I have protection against hypo's since my brain can use ketones as fuel, and my muscles will use fat from my adipose fat stores. This reduces the severity of my hypo's so allows me extra leeway in how I deal with them. Life becomes less stressful since I don't have to panic trying to bump myself up out of danger. I suspect the WFPB diet will reduce my fat stores and will not support efficient switching into keto mode when necessary. However, the larg carb input will probably make hypo's impossible to have. And bgl = 5.5 becomes a myth. [/QUOTE]
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