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

Celeriac said:

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.

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Tirianne said:

Thanks so much for the encouragement.

I've already noticed that my weight loss has started again after a time of 'standing still' -so must remember to take some baseline body measurements as well.

I thought it would be helpful to share some of my fruit 'discoveries' for the 5g (or below) net carbs - and I'm always careful to weigh everything!!

Kiwi - weight 55g - Carbs 5g
Raspberries- weight 80g - Carbs 4g
Strawberries- weight 80g - Carbs 5g
Clementine - weight 80g - Carbs 5g
Figs - weight 55g - Carbs 5g
Apricots (fresh) weight 55g - Carbs 4g
half an Apple - weight 45g - Carbs 5g
Blackberries -weight 80g - Carbs 4g
small Orange -weight 70g - Carbs 4g
half a Peach - weight 70g - Carbs 5g
Melon - weight 80g - Carbs 5g
a third of a banana - weight 32g - Carbs 5g

I was surprised at how many carbs there are in some fruits, and to think that I was eating at least 4 -5 portions per day when first diagnosed -stewed aple, peaches, pears, apples, necatrines, mango, grapes and loads of berries!!

Who would like to start a 'sweet treat' 5g or lower Carb list (if such things exist)?

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Brunneria said:

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.

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