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Woman attributes low carb diet to putting type 2 diabetes into remission

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A woman who was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes has spoken about how she reversed the condition after following a low carb lifestyle. Yvonne Lane, 52, from South London, told iNews that she decided to overhaul her lifestyle after being told her health was at risk. At the time of diagnosis in December 2016 she weighed nearly 16 stone, and vowed she would start a new approach to eating in a bid to lose weight. Following in the footsteps of Labour deputy leader Tom Watson, who too has put his type 2 diabetes into remission, Yvonne ditched sugar. She also signed up to Diabetes.co.uk's award-winning Low Carb Program and cut out sources of starchy carbohydrates such as pasta, potatoes and bread. Starchy foods are broken down into glucose quickly in the body and result in greater increases in blood sugar compared to protein or natural fats. Discussing how she adapted to her new lifestyle, Yvonne said: "I'd honestly say that I don't feel denied. It took a few weeks of cravings and feeling cranky from the carb withdrawals but now I just feel so much better. I used to suffer very bad migraines - about six to eight a month - and they have now gone too." Yvonne decided to keep her carb intake to below 20g a day and also began exercising. This low carb intake is known as a ketogenic diet, whereas a low carb diet is generally considered to involve eating less than 130g of carbs per day. Now, Yvonne's diet mainly consists of fish, meat, cheese, salads, nuts and most vegetables. In June, the Low Carb Program was approved by an independent not-for-profit body called QISMET, meaning it can now be prescribed by healthcare teams for people with type 2 diabetes. The program also received CE Mark approval in June. Since it was launched in 2015, more than 326,000 people have signed up to the Low Carb Program. It is a 10-week, evidence-based structured behavioural change programme supporting people with type 2 diabetes. Those who sign up and complete the programme reduce their HbA1c levels by 13mmol/mol (1.2%) and lose 7% of their body weight on average.

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Really DCUK? If you are going to report on something like this then I think you could do 3 seconds research and find it is one of your own forum members...? Rather than "A woman" even though that may be a factually correct description..
Pretty poor show...
 
bulkbiker said:
Really DCUK? If you are going to report on something like this then I think you could do 3 seconds research and find it is one of your own forum members...? Rather than "A woman" even though that may be a factually correct description..
Pretty poor show...
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They may not have members permission to disclose her membership or indicated not to disclose it by her?
 
ickihun said:
They may not have members permission to disclose her membership or indicated not to disclose it by her?
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As it has been plastered all over the forum and the DCUK site PR team are using the meet up for publicity I think that maybe Yvonne was ok with it?
 
bulkbiker said:
Really DCUK? If you are going to report on something like this then I think you could do 3 seconds research and find it is one of your own forum members...? Rather than "A woman" even though that may be a factually correct description..
Pretty poor show...
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And they got her name wrong too! They called her Yvonne Lane when we all know her real name is Goonergal :rolleyes:
 
Well done goonergal. May i assume you are an Arsenal fan? Me too. Gave up my season ticket last year. Such is life, given my recent diagnosis I am not sure my health would have benefitted from the pre match rat burger which I liked to eat before going into the stadium. On topic, presumably you have to be “normal” HbA1c for a year to be considered in remission?
 
rosco 2 said:
Well done goonergal. May i assume you are an Arsenal fan? Me too. Gave up my season ticket last year. Such is life, given my recent diagnosis I am not sure my health would have benefitted from the pre match rat burger which I liked to eat before going into the stadium. On topic, presumably you have to be “normal” HbA1c for a year to be considered in remission?
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Yes, I am. Quite a few of us on here. My season ticket is with a friend this year (also last year). Think I’ve made the decision that I don’t want to renew it, but giving it up means never getting it back with current waiting lists.

Personally I don’t like to use the terms remission or reversed, preferring well controlled but that doesn’t make a good headline. Have been in normal range since June 2017.

And thanks @rosco 2 and @ickihun for tagging me. Had no idea that this thread was running!
 
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