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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dillinger" data-source="post: 434180" data-attributes="member: 13582">My Trigs are about 0.7 - I don't have the forms to hand but they have maintained  that sort of level for many years (i.e. quite considerably below 1.0). Also, my total cholesterol has dropped recently and I was secretly a bit annoyed about that being a statin refuser and 'cholesterol is a con' believer - it seemed like a mild betrayal of my principles... I think the point is that the vast majority of Type 1 diabetics fail to get an HbA1c below 6.5% (in old money) as the annual audits show (93% fail to get that level as I recall) so those that do on here are exceptional and not the rule. I'm really trying to address those people who are failing to control their diabetes.I am interested in this research and I do not dispute it but it doesn't' relate to the giant carby elephant in the room; the effects of fat on insulin sensitivity and glucose uptake must by almost by definition be minimal compared to the effects of eating carbohydrate. What this research says to me is the key thing to avoid is fat & carbs. Carbs on their own are tricky enough so that I avoid them, fat on its own however is fine.My endo did indeed think that my insulin resistance was related to fat in my diet but I don't think it can be as I hardly eat carbohydrates in any event and the Pizza Effect requires fat and carbs; also as the Joslin stuff referred to on here seems to kick in after a few hours; I'm like that from the get go.I'm also for the record not saying everyone must  low carb; I'm saying I find it so much easier to do that than eating carbs - so why not give it a go? There's nothing to be scared of, especially not the Pizza Effect as it doesn't apply to low carbing.  If anyone has good control; then keep doing what you are doing; if you don't then there are alternatives and the most obvious one is dropping the carbs.Infact the whole thread seems to me to be a good argument on why to low carb rather than how to balance the vagaries of blood sugar control when eating carbs and fat.Dillinger</blockquote>

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