Type 2 Nutrition

Saturday, April 27, 2013

The Nutrition Debate #103: Your Mileage May Vary (YMMV)

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Your Mileage May Vary is an expression that I didn’t put much stock in when I first read it six years ago on a Low Carb Forum for diabet...
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Wednesday, April 24, 2013

The Nutrition Debate #102: Denial is not…

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Denial is not a river in Egypt. You’ve probably heard that joke before. It may be said by a close friend/counselor, or even an enlightene...
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Saturday, April 20, 2013

The Nutrition Debate #101: Why I’m Never Hungry

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I have had a raised consciousness about food and feeding since I began writing this blog. And one of the things I have observed is when ...
Wednesday, April 17, 2013

The Nutrition Debate #100: Liquid Calories

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What’s wrong with taking nourishment in liquid form? It’s certainly convenient, and if you make your own “smoothie” or some nutrient-den...
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Saturday, April 13, 2013

The Nutrition Debate #99: “Natural History of Type 2 Diabetes”

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“Natural History of Type 2 Diabetes” is the heading of the first section of a scientific paper by Ralph A. DeFronzo, M. D. The full text...
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Wednesday, April 10, 2013

The Nutrition Debate #98: The “Dreaded Complications” (of Type 2 Diabetes)

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With the meteoric rise in the incidence of Type 2 Diabetes and obesity (“diabesity”, in the contemporary parlance), and their associated...
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Saturday, April 6, 2013

The Nutrition Debate #97: Fructose in Foods

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There is a dangerous misconception that fructose, commonly thought of as fruit sugar, is present primarily in fruit. And since fruit is ...
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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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