Type 2 Nutrition

Saturday, March 23, 2024

Type 2 Nutrition #1000: Oprah Winfrey or Me?

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 In 2010, when I started to write about nutrition – specifically, nutrition for type 2 diabetics – I had no idea that I would write 1,000 co...

Type 2 Nutrition #999: "Have I got a diet for YOU!"

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 It’s been almost four years since I wrote my 997 th and “final” column at type2nutrition.com. My little writing adventure began in 2010 in...

Type 2 Nutrition #998: "I write about nutrition." Crickets!

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When I introduce myself as Dan Brown, people sometimes hesitate and then ask, “Are you…” I reply, “No, but I do write a little.” Then they u...
Tuesday, June 30, 2020

Retrospective #500: Many, many thanks, especially to my intrepid editor.

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With this column (#500), I will cease publication on Blogger of the Retrospective Series of “The Nutrition Debate,” renamed at some point, ...
Monday, June 29, 2020

Retrospective #499: Lose the Fat, Save Your Life

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This column, #499, will be my next-to-last post on Blogger. I started to write on Blogger about type 2 diabetes and nutrition in 2010 becau...
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Sunday, June 28, 2020

Retrospective #498: Save Money on Food and Meds Too

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For almost 500 columns I have been harping on the health benefits of adopting a Low Carb or Very Low Carb Way of Eating. I have been trying...
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Saturday, June 27, 2020

Retrospective #497: How to Transition to a Low-Carb, Fat-Adapted Life

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A few years ago, Andreas Eenfeldt, MD, founder of dietdoctor.com, the world’s most widely viewed source of information on the health benefi...
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I was diagnosed a Type 2 diabetic in 1986. I started a Very Low Carb diet (Atkins Induction) in 2002 to lose weight. I didn’t realize at the time that it would put my diabetes in clinical remission, or that I would be able to give up almost all of my oral diabetes meds. I also didn’t understand that, as I lost weight and continued to eat Very Low Carb, my blood lipids would dramatically improve (doubling my HDL and cutting my triglycerides by 2/3rds) and that my blood pressure would drop from 130/90 to 110/70 on the same meds. Over the years I changed from Atkins to the Bernstein Diet (designed for diabetics) and, altogether lost 187 pounds. I later regained some but have managed to keep more than 150 pounds off for more than 20 years. As long as I eat Very Low Carb, I am not hungry and I have lots of energy. My goal, as long as I have excess body fat, is to remain continuously in a mildly ketogenic state, both for blood glucose regulation and continued weight loss. I expect that this regimen will continue to provide the benefits of reduced systemic inflammation, improved blood lipids and lower blood pressure as well.
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