'The Diabetes Miracle' by Dianne Kress - anyone else following this?

I believe @Brunneria may have followed the diet for a time, but can't recall anyone else.

I read the book but it didn't really resonate for me - but I'd been diagnosed for quite a while by then. The information about the 5 hour cycle of the liver was the most helpful piece of information in the book for me.

Hi,
Yes, I did the full 8 weeks on it. Around a year ago.
I found it was absolutely fantastic in keeping my blood glucose to normal levels, and because I tested consistently throughout, it was very useful in teaching me exactly what foods, when, and in what quantities would send my BG too high.

The other thing it taught me was that I am intolerant of grains, any grain, in any form. That was a big disappointment, but useful to know. Cress tells you that you can eat 5g of carbs with every meal and as a snack, and she positively encourages you to do this. Every time I took my 5g as a grain, my bg shot up. If I took it as potato, or chia, or parnsip, or other non-grain, my bg stayed down. So I have been mainly grain free ever since (with the odd treat and exception. and every time, up my bg goes to silly numbers and takes about 5 hours to return to base)

Very glad that I did it.

But (there is always one, isn't there?) she predicts massive weight loss. That didn't happen for me. I was doing higher fat than she recommends, but I was certainly at, or below the carb levels she recommends. I had been gently and slowly losing weight for about 6 months on very low carb before starting Cress' stage 1. That weight loss slowed even more. By the end of the 8 weeks I had lost only 3 pounds, I think. Where she had expected me to lose probably 10x that.

I suspect this was because much of her predicted weight loss would have been the glycogen reserves and fluid that I had already shed, and because I was higher fatting. Your experience may be very different.

At the end of the 8 weeks, you are supposed to go onto stage 2. Tried it. Persisted. found that I was adding fluid back, and my bgs shot up again.

Again, your experience may be different.

But basically because of my particular combination of hormone issues, including PCOS, massive insulin resistance, RH and type 2, it seems that 20-40g of carbs a day is the most my body can cope with without weight gain (and well under 20g to lose). I sort of knew that before starting Cress's stage 1, so it wasn't a surprise. Many people can tolerate a lot more, so please don't let that put you off.

Oh, and I think @Randburg did the diet too - with much better results than me.

Hi,
Yes i followed it very closely for over 9 months, and it worked very well for me.
I lost over 25 Kg on weight and my HbA1c came down to 5.4. from 7.9
I then got interested in the Tim Noakes Diet Revolution ( Banting ) diet, and i now follow a version of both, as i had lost all the weight i wanted to. It is still Low Carb, but not really High Fat
I now regulate weight and Blood Glucose by watching carb intake,that comes mainly from fruit that i really enjoy.

Give it a try, it has done wonders for quite a few people, including me
Good Luck

There's a problem sometimes with adapting books by Americans to our version of carbs - they talk about net carbs and subtracting fibre, but our calorie counters (both books and online) and food labels already have the fibre accounted for - so in effect what is "total carbs" to us, is "net carbs" to Americans, i.e. don't subtract the fibre from the total carbs.

I think there's an online low carb store in the UK, but don't have a link for it. Maybe one of the locals can help with that.

As a general rule, berries are the lowest carb fruit. This may come in handy: http://lowcarbediem.com/atkins-low-carb-fruit-vegetable-list/

@Tirianne ,
Thanks
I made up my 5g of carbs by either yogurt or crackers. I also had problems in finding some of her suggestions, but found the closest alternative that i could.
I also counted carbs as listed and did not subtract the fiber as the USA do.
I wouldn't loose sleep over not following the diet to the letter, i did not, but still lost the weight i wanted to loose

Its called lowcarbmegastore.

The wraps are good, I've used them.

Hi,

I'm curious to learn more about this book. Does it provide you with realistic and easy to make meals too? Is it suitable for Type 1?

Dying to hear more.

Thanks.

Thanks Tirianne have ordered from Amazon.

Ive ordered it too.

Mine arrived today so I'll get reading over the weekend.

Got my copy yesterday on kindle, interesting to read about eating after five hours. Will have to read it from beginning.

Good luck to all of you, stick to it as close as you can, and the weeks on each stage and i am certain it will work for you as it did for me.
Awaiting your success stories

Wow, that 5g carbs list just shows me how badly my body handles carbs.

I could eat the strawberries if drowned in either double, soured or clotted cream or creme fraiche and maybe a few blueberries. The way I eat fruit now is just to pick at black or red grapes or cherries when passing husband's fruit bowl or nab a few strawberries when I open the fridge.