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<blockquote data-quote="Grateful" data-source="post: 1637194" data-attributes="member: 438800"><p>For the past 30 years of marriage we have eaten exactly the same thing, until my T2D diagnosis in February of this year. This was a low-fat, Mediterranean diet high in vegetables, fruit, olive oil, white meat, and fish (also rice, pasta, potatos and -- in my case only --beer). We were actually living on a Mediterranean island for much of that time. We also ate a lot of cheese, and still do.</p><p></p><p>Since my diagnosis, we have continued to share the evening meal which is now low-carb and (taken over a weekly period) somewhat higher-protein than it was in the past (we have meat four or five times a week, it used to be more like three). The other two meals: she has "normal" food and I prepare my own very-low-carb meals. Most of our protein is taken with the evening meal, so I would say her protein intake is similar to mine.</p><p></p><p>But the best piece of evidence is that her urine PH has been in the 6.0 to 6.5 range (usually closer to 6.5) for the past eight years, while mine has been in the 5.0 to 5.5 range.</p><p></p><p>As for the type-O thing, I have no idea what my blood type is and do not find it in my online records, although it is probably hiding in there somewhere....</p><p></p><p>I did check out that stuff about eating "alkalysing diets" and read a lot of info to the effect that it is very hard to shift your urine PH with diet alone (not to mention a lot of medical types saying it would be a waste of time even if you could shift it). The controversy seems to center around the difference between blood PH and urine PH. A significant shift in blood PH is a medical emergency. A shift in urine PH apparently just indicates that the body is doing its job in shifting extra acids out of the body. OTOH, persistent high acid urine does seem to be associated with some types of kidney stones, and with kidney disease....</p><p></p><p>As you said in an earlier post, it is exhausting to keep track of this stuff, especially since there really isn't any consensus about the diet side of the issue.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Grateful, post: 1637194, member: 438800"] For the past 30 years of marriage we have eaten exactly the same thing, until my T2D diagnosis in February of this year. This was a low-fat, Mediterranean diet high in vegetables, fruit, olive oil, white meat, and fish (also rice, pasta, potatos and -- in my case only --beer). We were actually living on a Mediterranean island for much of that time. We also ate a lot of cheese, and still do. Since my diagnosis, we have continued to share the evening meal which is now low-carb and (taken over a weekly period) somewhat higher-protein than it was in the past (we have meat four or five times a week, it used to be more like three). The other two meals: she has "normal" food and I prepare my own very-low-carb meals. Most of our protein is taken with the evening meal, so I would say her protein intake is similar to mine. But the best piece of evidence is that her urine PH has been in the 6.0 to 6.5 range (usually closer to 6.5) for the past eight years, while mine has been in the 5.0 to 5.5 range. As for the type-O thing, I have no idea what my blood type is and do not find it in my online records, although it is probably hiding in there somewhere.... I did check out that stuff about eating "alkalysing diets" and read a lot of info to the effect that it is very hard to shift your urine PH with diet alone (not to mention a lot of medical types saying it would be a waste of time even if you could shift it). The controversy seems to center around the difference between blood PH and urine PH. A significant shift in blood PH is a medical emergency. A shift in urine PH apparently just indicates that the body is doing its job in shifting extra acids out of the body. OTOH, persistent high acid urine does seem to be associated with some types of kidney stones, and with kidney disease.... As you said in an earlier post, it is exhausting to keep track of this stuff, especially since there really isn't any consensus about the diet side of the issue. [/QUOTE]
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