For those with diabetes, how did you know/find out?
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Yeh, half a bottle every night is a lot.
Should probably go down to having a single measure/drink per night instead of half a bottle!!
Here is an interesting free PMC article called Fructose: It's "Alcohol Without the Buzz":
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Fructose: It’s “Alcohol Without the Buzz”
What do the Atkins Diet and the traditional Japanese diet have in common? The Atkins Diet is low in carbohydrate and usually high in fat; the Japanese diet is high in carbohydrate and usually low in fat. Yet both work to promote weight loss. One commonality ...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Pepsi max doesn't have any sugar
Thats how they get you to consume more of it. Which isnt good for you.
@flea.rider in his post was suggesting his carbs came from the Vodka because it doesn't come from Pepsi Max or water, don't know about coffee.
1 coffee a day morning .. pepsi max(2-3 cans a day rest is bottled water .. well except for the 1/2 bottle of voddy most nights.. and there lies my carbs ...
Soldato
A friends parent recently had to go into hospital to have his lower leg amputated, below the knee.
They had thought he had sepsis at the time until they tested his blood sugar. It showed he was way over.
I think until feeling ill the week before he didn't have any noticeable symptoms.
I always test borderline. I'm at the stage were they monitor it. It's been like that for years. I think I've known I've had an issue because I've always avoided desserts. I usually start feeling warm if I get a sugar rush.
They had thought he had sepsis at the time until they tested his blood sugar. It showed he was way over.
I think until feeling ill the week before he didn't have any noticeable symptoms.
I always test borderline. I'm at the stage were they monitor it. It's been like that for years. I think I've known I've had an issue because I've always avoided desserts. I usually start feeling warm if I get a sugar rush.
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HB1ac test put me at pre-diabetic, my fasting glucose was also on the high end of "normal", a year on a keto diet didn't change this by much (although I did lose some weight)
3 months on carnivore diet and fasting glucose is on the low end of normal and hb1ac is slap bang in the middle of normal, cholesterol results are all better (LDL is up but that's not the real bad guy, it's Apo B which for me is down), triglycerides have gone from 1.96 to 0.98.
Energy levels are amazing and I'm losing fat whilst gaining muscle, I even have grey hairs which are turning black again. It's also solved a whole host of issues that I had just put down to "getting old", joint, shoulder, back pain, all gone.
3 months on carnivore diet and fasting glucose is on the low end of normal and hb1ac is slap bang in the middle of normal, cholesterol results are all better (LDL is up but that's not the real bad guy, it's Apo B which for me is down), triglycerides have gone from 1.96 to 0.98.
Energy levels are amazing and I'm losing fat whilst gaining muscle, I even have grey hairs which are turning black again. It's also solved a whole host of issues that I had just put down to "getting old", joint, shoulder, back pain, all gone.
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Caporegime
This one?
If you look at what you can and can't eat or should and shouldn't eat according to research you probably wouldn't eat anything. One group says no red meat another says it's beneficial for such and such, one group says coffee is bad for you another says one expresso a day can help reduce/slowdown the risk of dementia. You have to go through individually what you find helps or hinders your system. a lot of problems are down to food intolerance and not always allergies.
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I'm not doing a fad diet no, I'm eating the food that humans have evolved to eat. The proof of this (alongside the dozens of more recent research papers) is the fact that my own weight, health, blood test results are all basically perfect now, which they weren't on any of the previous plant based diets I tried.
I've spoken to multiple health providers, GP's and even a heart surgeon who recommend it, the NHS now have keto diet trained staff.
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You went from a vegetarian/vegan to the exact opposite? Big change. Why was you a veggie b4? Doctor advice.?
Can you link me to a best example/approximation of your current diet?
I've always been interested in trying it but frankly the cost put me off.
Although I'm starting to think an extra 200 quid a month on meat might be fine. Meat is expensive here except pork and chicken.
Can you link me to a best example/approximation of your current diet?
I've always been interested in trying it but frankly the cost put me off.
Although I'm starting to think an extra 200 quid a month on meat might be fine. Meat is expensive here except pork and chicken.
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Soldato
One of my twin sons has Type 1
He has had it since he was 3 (he;s now 8)
Yesterday he moved to the Omnipod 5 system with Dexcom 6. Game changer!
Anyway, I noticed he was drinking a lot and wetting the bed a lot. Thirst that could never be quenched due to keytone acid in his blood. At the hospital his blood glucose was reading 46! (non diabetic it's between 4 and 8)
He has had it since he was 3 (he;s now 8)
Yesterday he moved to the Omnipod 5 system with Dexcom 6. Game changer!
Anyway, I noticed he was drinking a lot and wetting the bed a lot. Thirst that could never be quenched due to keytone acid in his blood. At the hospital his blood glucose was reading 46! (non diabetic it's between 4 and 8)
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Not quite vegetarian but I've tried both the Mediterranean diet and "healthy keto" both of which call for minimal meat and primarily low carb vegetables, I was probably eating 100g of meat per day.
I yo-yo dieted for years with calorie restriction but my "health journey" really started when I began getting random headaches, got some blood tests and my blood pressure checked and it was all bad news - doc recommended mediterranean diet which I tried but I felt hungry all the time and ultimately gave in.
Cost wise I would say we spend less on food now, and I don't eat out now saving even more. For example I buy pork belly instead of processed bacon - half the price, salt it and put it on a rack in the fridge or smoke on the BBQ - doesn't last long enough to go off anyway. You can get 2kg pieces of Picanha (rump cap) grass fed beef for around £24, one of those lasts me a week.
I eat beef, (homemade) bacon, chicken, fish, eggs, butter, cheese, salt to taste, a little cream, milk, yoghurt (plain). Using some of these you can make sauces e.g. hollandaise. I do occasionally cook with olive oil. I've also started experimenting with adding nuts and later on I might try a bit of fruit but to be honest I don't miss it.
I've been tracking my calories and I eat around 1800 cals a day, more on days I train (which is also new, I always used to get injuries too easy to be able to train consistently). You want to aim for about 70% lean meat to 30% fat by weight.
There are whole bunch of carnivore recipes using the above but I usually just stick on a steak or a burger rather than faff about "making" things.
So today I had 4 rashers of streaky bacon and 2 eggs about 10:30-11, 4pm I had a 200g burger with cheese and yoghurt as a dip (tastes like sour cream) and fried egg. I'm now not hungry so won't be having a 3rd meal but on days I do weights in the morning i usually try to eat a little less in one sitting but eat 4 times a day.
Beef is my favourite but I do bulk it out with what's cheaper.
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Honestly I am concerned with this, i'm in my 30's and frankly whilst my sugar consumption is not insane, it's enough for me to be like i've got to strap my big boy pants on and cut it down.
The thing is I go to gym and do my cardio/lift and i'm otherwise in good shape, but i've got a soft spot for fizzy drinks... no other form of sugar really.
It's addictive as hell.
The thing is I go to gym and do my cardio/lift and i'm otherwise in good shape, but i've got a soft spot for fizzy drinks... no other form of sugar really.
It's addictive as hell.
Soldato
If you do it for one month, the benefits are extreme, you will lose weight, be more lean, have more energy, you will think faster, clearer, you will be able to wake quicker, your skin will improve, your backpain will go away.
Caporegime
Yeah I already don't eat many carbs .
No sweets
No fizzy stuff.
But I'm certainly gonna have a real think about it. Cholesterol worries me.
It's a psychological change mainly.
I can't give up Salad vegetables I seriously love them but avoid high carb veg I'm already half way to.
No sweets
No fizzy stuff.
But I'm certainly gonna have a real think about it. Cholesterol worries me.
It's a psychological change mainly.
I can't give up Salad vegetables I seriously love them but avoid high carb veg I'm already half way to.
Orange squash or something similar with carbonated water might help drop fizzy drinks.