HappyasLarry
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- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
Like you, I love carbs - potatoes, bread, rice and pasta were ALL my favourite food. But they are like a drug to me when I eat them - the more I eat, the more I crave them, and feel so hungry. The wonderful thing about lchf for me, is that without carbs, or with only a very very small amount, I eat so much less, my appetite is stable, I never feel starving, and the cravings have gone. It is a lot easier than I thought it would be,I feel a lot better after reading the posts here - I was really depressed after watching this programme. I have had a lot of trouble controlling my blood sugars for a few years now. I went on to insulin in May but does not seem to be making a great deal of difference. After watching I felt like it was just a downward spiral and that I would end up with complications and early death. I am very interested in the LCHF diet and you have all given my inspiration to change my diet, which although relatively healthy has been too high in carbs. I imagine the diet is not easy especially as I love carbs but I am going to do it. You have given me hope - Thanks all
He was just a fat greedy pig i see them at every diabetic clinic sat in there wheel chairs with fluffy padding around there feet and grey pasty looking complexions sat there in despair.If you had an illness and where told to take a drug to cure it you would take the drug.So what is so hard about having to diet to treat the diabetis the trouble with these diabetics is when they are first told to diet etc they think the consultant is talking **** and knows nothing and that they know better well time will tell who knows best, so just carry on eating all your childrens chocolate bars and gorging the food down your throat but at the end of the day it will destroy and kill you in a horrible way ........View attachment 20595
Hornplayer almost but not quite overcame her phobia of hitting the like button +1 for Panorama!
He was just a fat greedy pig i see them at every diabetic clinic sat in there wheel chairs with fluffy padding around there feet and grey pasty looking complexions sat there in despair.If you had an illness and where told to take a drug to cure it you would take the drug.So what is so hard about having to diet to treat the diabetis the trouble with these diabetics is when they are first told to diet etc they think the consultant is talking **** and knows nothing and that they know better well time will tell who knows best, so just carry on eating all your childrens chocolate bars and gorging the food down your throat but at the end of the day it will destroy and kill you in a horrible way ........View attachment 20595
As far as I am concerned, I totally agree that type 2 diabetes is a hidden killer. Not type 1. I never talk about type 1 diabetes because It is a very different disease.
Regarding diet, although I have been having HCLF since my diagnosis 25 years and 2 months ago and having excellent success with it, I will never never dare to contradict what other type 2s eat. I very well know that we diabetics are very different from each other.
I think that HCLF diet works well for me because I eat only twice a day, and I run the stairs 4x/day, a total time of 1 hour. Most of my past A1c's were between 5.2% and 6.3%, the last 2 being 5.8%. I have never had hypo problems and diabetes complications. My first blood sugar reading which was the basis of my diagnosis was 468 mg/dl. I have never taken any anti-diabetes pills and insulin. My diabetes control method has always HCLF meals and 1 hour daily stair-running.
The food I eat must be as much as possible heart-healthy, natural, fresh (raw or cooked), unprocessed, and whole.
Strictly no soft and hard drinks and no snacks. Only water between meals.
Bonny Damocles
Male 80 1/2 years old, 138 lbs, 5'7"
I am not on any pharma drugs for any health problem
As of October 3, 2016: A1c - 5.8%; total cholesterol - 179, HDL - 61; BP - 137/81; Heart Beat 65.
I found it a very unbalanced view of the world. It reminded me of those films they used to show in schools, of people having their lungs cut out as a deterant against smoking. Time showed that the "scare them to death " strategy to be largely ineffective. There was so much missing from this account it was rather worrying. I would have thought that Panorama could have done better.There is a programme on BBC1 on Monday 3rd. October about Type2.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07yklv8
Diabetes: The Hidden Killer
Panorama
Britain is in the grip of a health epidemic that's threatening to overwhelm the NHS. More and more of us are being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. It's a hidden killer which can lead to heart failure,blindness, kidney disease and leg amputations. Now even children are being diagnosed with the condition. Filming over six months, Panorama reports from the frontline of the epidemic - in Birmingham, where almost one in ten people has the disease.
I also watched the documentary and was appalled felt like I was facing early death ,amputation and a myriad of other ills .I have already been following the no carb low cal diet and managed to reduce glucose levels a little but still.over limit however I am not overweight and the doctor told me I can't get rid of my diabetes just control the levels I am trying more exercise too now but was very disheartened not to be able to get off medication..I felt this programme was designed to scare people not to help remedy the situationThere is a programme on BBC1 on Monday 3rd. October about Type2.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07yklv8
Diabetes: The Hidden Killer
Panorama
Britain is in the grip of a health epidemic that's threatening to overwhelm the NHS. More and more of us are being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. It's a hidden killer which can lead to heart failure,blindness, kidney disease and leg amputations. Now even children are being diagnosed with the condition. Filming over six months, Panorama reports from the frontline of the epidemic - in Birmingham, where almost one in ten people has the disease.
I also watched the documentary and was appalled felt like I was facing early death ,amputation and a myriad of other ills .I have already been following the no carb low cal diet and managed to reduce glucose levels a little but still.over limit however I am not overweight and the doctor told me I can't get rid of my diabetes just control the levels I am trying more exercise too now but was very disheartened not to be able to get off medication..I felt this programme was designed to scare people not to help remedy the situation
Your non judgmental, supportive, tolerance is not shining through.He was just a fat greedy pig i see them at every diabetic clinic sat in there wheel chairs with fluffy padding around there feet and grey pasty looking complexions sat there in despair.If you had an illness and where told to take a drug to cure it you would take the drug.So what is so hard about having to diet to treat the diabetis the trouble with these diabetics is when they are first told to diet etc they think the consultant is talking **** and knows nothing and that they know better well time will tell who knows best, so just carry on eating all your childrens chocolate bars and gorging the food down your throat but at the end of the day it will destroy and kill you in a horrible way ........View attachment 20595
There is a programme on BBC1 on Monday 3rd. October about Type2.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07yklv8
Diabetes: The Hidden Killer
Panorama
Britain is in the grip of a health epidemic that's threatening to overwhelm the NHS. More and more of us are being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. It's a hidden killer which can lead to heart failure,blindness, kidney disease and leg amputations. Now even children are being diagnosed with the condition. Filming over six months, Panorama reports from the frontline of the epidemic - in Birmingham, where almost one in ten people has the disease.
Goodness me.
I just want to go up to that man, hug him, hand him a meter and tell him to eat low carb.
- 4 weetabix 'topped up' with frosties for breakfast!?!?!
- a large bowl of pasta salad for lunch, with 2 ferrero rocher?!!?!
- choc snacks all afternoon?1!!
- porridge and an apple??!?!?!
He is just following the carb mantra, isn't he?
How does the man function? If I was eating that I couldn't work, couldn't do that job, couldn't function, let alone play with my kids in the evening, and I DEFINITELY couldn't control my diabetes.
I was horrified by the BBC programme. So much so I am writing a letter of complaint. It was totally irresponsible as it gave the impression that the only way forward was surgery. I was diagnosed with diabetes 18 months ago and got put on Metformin. I spent years trying to help my mum, when she was alive, to keep her diabetes on track. I went up and down aisles looking for ''meals' she could get that were low/zero in sugar with not much success! My mum was on 3 X daily insulin. I was so determined not to go down that slippery slope. In Marxh this year I started a high protein/low carb diet. Nothing enters my mouth that has any added sugar. I cook everything from scratch. I have lost 2 stone, have never felt healthier, and have already been reduced to just 1 Metformin. My blood sugars are stable and I fully expect to come off all medication when I see my GP in December. Reversing yourself out of diabetes CAN be done. We need to promote this to everyone who is diagnosed. We also need to battle with the multi billion pound companies that are making food with added sugar which is creating this epidemic.There is a programme on BBC1 on Monday 3rd. October about Type2.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07yklv8
Diabetes: The Hidden Killer
Panorama
Britain is in the grip of a health epidemic that's threatening to overwhelm the NHS. More and more of us are being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. It's a hidden killer which can lead to heart failure,blindness, kidney disease and leg amputations. Now even children are being diagnosed with the condition. Filming over six months, Panorama reports from the frontline of the epidemic - in Birmingham, where almost one in ten people has the disease.
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