@Chook No just because I’ve still got quite a bit of weight to lose. I don’t mean any offence by this as I know there are some very evangelical and passionate supporters on this forum, but I don’t trust that a diet high in fat or protein is safe for me as a type 2 diabetic. Keeping my blood sugar low doesn’t mean much if I eat myself into fatty liver or hardened arteries, or wreck my kidneys because my diabetic body doesn’t process fats and protein like a healthy one can. My position on this may change, but for now I don’t want to give myself false hope.
As you can see I had PLENTY of protein today, and a fat bomb in the form of the avocado. I know I’ll have to decide for myself between eating more fat and risking liver and heart disease, or eating more protein and risking kidney disease, if I want to keep my carbs low.
I would suggest that you do a lot more research on what really causes fatty liver (carbs, fructose and alcohol) and what causes atherosclerosis (insulinaemia, metabolic syndrome, chronic inflammation, hereditory factors, lack of vit k2).
Eating a well formulated LCHF diet will not cause those things, and instead will reduce a fatty liver and actually reduce insulin levels over time.
Eating protein does not cause kidney damage, as shown by a swathe of recent studies.
I suggest you read Jason Fung (either the books or his excellent free blog Intensive Dietary Management) and watch Ivor Cummins’ youtube lectures. Also Prof. Ken Sikaris on cholesterol.
And i strongly urge you to be more selective in the other reading you are doing. Your posts often quote theories and ‘knowledge’ that have been debunked and disproven years ago.
Fung will give clarity on the consequences of long term calorie restriction.
Edited to add chronic inflammation as a factor in the development of heart disease.
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Today, my eating:
B: scrambled egg with smoked salmon, and a disappointing mouthful of avocado.
L: maybe nothing, maybe Wensleydale
D: lamb shank, cooked with its siblings in the Instant Pot. May use my little pack of Moroccan spices. Or red wine and rosemary. Jury is still out.