Fasting BG 115 mg/dL (6.4 mmol/L)
I started reading Fat Chance today, because I'm curious about "leptin resistance".
In this online article on leptin, Dr. Lustig is quoted...
http://www.webmd.com/diet/obesity/the-facts-on-leptin-faq?page=5&print=true
Sadly, the article's author offered no guidance on
how to lower insulin, leptin, and triglyceride levels, which for most people is accomplished with the LCHF diet.
A few days ago, I stumbled onto a paper by Ron Rosedale, M.D., a family practice physician in Denver, Colorado and author of the book, The Rosedale Diet (2004). He writes a lot about insulin and leptin resistance, and its role in diabetes and obesity.
Early in his medical practice, he used the low fat, high carb diet to treat patients with metabolic syndrome. Then he, like a few other doctors, Dr. Bernstein comes to mind, realized that carbohydrates were making too many of his patients sicker rather than better, and switched to treating them with the LCHF diet. As he refined the diet, he began measuring his patient's insulin and leptin levels, which were almost always high, and fortunately, through use of the LCHF diet, nutritional supplements, and exercise, his patients reduced their insulin and leptin levels which lead to weight loss and, ultimately, reversal of their diabetes.
I read the first part and select sections of Rosedale's book and skimmed the rest. It's good. It reinforces much of what I've learned so far about the LCHF diet, but also gives a good overview of the nutritional supplements he uses with diabetic patients. In the next month or so, I'll report on whether or not taking the supplements help me bring my blood glucose levels down further. (I'm already on the LCHF diet and exercising).
Reading Lustig's book now to learn what the current science says about leptin, 10 years after Rosedale wrote his book.
Will be interested
@Baruney to hear what you think of Lustig's book after you finish it.