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<blockquote data-quote="JoKalsbeek" data-source="post: 2439875" data-attributes="member: 401801"><p>Ah, the tests done then were from before I started asking for test results, and my online file at the GP's doesn't go back farther than 2020 for some reason, so I couldn't tell you, sorry. </p><p></p><p>The changes I made straight away were trial and error, because it took me a little while to find this place and read Dr. Fung's book (It really is a lifesaver!), but the main things I did from the get-go were cut out bread, potatoes, pasta, rice, cereals, you know, the grains, besides the obvious sugars. The more I learned the more I could fine-tune, which was mainly done using my meter and letting it guide me. <a href="https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/blog-entry/the-nutritional-thingy.2330/" target="_blank">https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/blog-entry/the-nutritional-thingy.2330/</a> should help. Keep in mind that if you cut carbs drastically, you might experience some side effects from that, but no worries: Those'll pass. Your vision'll be blurry for a bit as your brain learns not to compensate for glucose in your eyeballs anymore, and you might experience some keto-flu. Mainly just feeling cruddy, headachey, pain all over the place really, and wee-ing for England. That's because carbs retain water, and when you cut carbs, you lose water-weight and get dehydrated for a bit. Up the electrolytes for a little while (supplements will do, or coconut water, bone broth, that sort of thing), and you should get through it just fine. The body just needs to stabilise and that can take a few days up to a week or two. You could cut carbs more gradually, and avoid the bulk of that though... I started out cutting carbs relatively slowly. It's been 5 years so <em>I think</em> it was about 120 grams a day at first, then 80, then 40, went keto to 20-and-under, and now I practically have none. (Carnivore diet). </p><p></p><p>Five years ago I was reading a whole lot of books and websites and they came up with really elaborate meals with unpronounceable ingredients, and most of what I tried to make tasted like wet newspaper. Correction: <em>expensive</em> wet newspaper. So forget all the weird stuff and stick with real food. Like eggs, hard cheeses, meat, fish, poultry... Olives, above ground veggies and leafy greens, full fat greek yoghurt, berries, that sort of thing. Don't over-complicate things if you don't need to, as all this can get overwhelming enough as it is. </p><p></p><p>Good luck eh!</p><p>Jo</p><p></p><p>PS: Maybe skip the berries: the liver considers fructose to be a toxin, and you want to spare the poor thing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JoKalsbeek, post: 2439875, member: 401801"] Ah, the tests done then were from before I started asking for test results, and my online file at the GP's doesn't go back farther than 2020 for some reason, so I couldn't tell you, sorry. The changes I made straight away were trial and error, because it took me a little while to find this place and read Dr. Fung's book (It really is a lifesaver!), but the main things I did from the get-go were cut out bread, potatoes, pasta, rice, cereals, you know, the grains, besides the obvious sugars. The more I learned the more I could fine-tune, which was mainly done using my meter and letting it guide me. [URL]https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/blog-entry/the-nutritional-thingy.2330/[/URL] should help. Keep in mind that if you cut carbs drastically, you might experience some side effects from that, but no worries: Those'll pass. Your vision'll be blurry for a bit as your brain learns not to compensate for glucose in your eyeballs anymore, and you might experience some keto-flu. Mainly just feeling cruddy, headachey, pain all over the place really, and wee-ing for England. That's because carbs retain water, and when you cut carbs, you lose water-weight and get dehydrated for a bit. Up the electrolytes for a little while (supplements will do, or coconut water, bone broth, that sort of thing), and you should get through it just fine. The body just needs to stabilise and that can take a few days up to a week or two. You could cut carbs more gradually, and avoid the bulk of that though... I started out cutting carbs relatively slowly. It's been 5 years so [I]I think[/I] it was about 120 grams a day at first, then 80, then 40, went keto to 20-and-under, and now I practically have none. (Carnivore diet). Five years ago I was reading a whole lot of books and websites and they came up with really elaborate meals with unpronounceable ingredients, and most of what I tried to make tasted like wet newspaper. Correction: [I]expensive[/I] wet newspaper. So forget all the weird stuff and stick with real food. Like eggs, hard cheeses, meat, fish, poultry... Olives, above ground veggies and leafy greens, full fat greek yoghurt, berries, that sort of thing. Don't over-complicate things if you don't need to, as all this can get overwhelming enough as it is. Good luck eh! Jo PS: Maybe skip the berries: the liver considers fructose to be a toxin, and you want to spare the poor thing. [/QUOTE]
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