Type 2 Nutrition

Saturday, March 29, 2014

The Nutrition Debate #196: The Diagnostic Power of A1c vs. Fasting Glucose

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There have been scads of scientific papers published on this subject. I promise not to cite any of them in this piece. Instead, I will ...
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Wednesday, March 26, 2014

The Nutrition Debate #195: “I did it myself, with no help from doctor”

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The other day I had an email exchange with someone I’ve never met. It began like this: “I was diagnosed with T ype 2 Diabetes 9 months ...
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Saturday, March 22, 2014

The Nutrition Debate #194: Live Fermented Foods

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Okay, I’m not an “expert” on this class of foods, but I find the subject interesting and increasingly in the news. Besides, if the purpo...
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Wednesday, March 19, 2014

The Nutrition Debate #193: “We never changed our mind,” he said.

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A recent story in the Los Angeles Times headlined, “High-protein diets: Bad for the middle-aged, good for the elderly.” The last sente...
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Saturday, March 15, 2014

The Nutrition Debate #192: Climate Change and The Nutrition Debate

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It is ironic, and at the same time amusing to me, that many in the climate change community, who fashion themselves as “sophisticated, f...
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Wednesday, March 12, 2014

The Nutrition Debate #191: Insulin-Dependent Type 2s

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Okay, this is going to be an opinion piece. I admit to bias, but I will strive to present the subject in a factual way. That being said,...
Saturday, March 8, 2014

The Nutrition Debate #190: “Can (sic) I ask you a personal question?”

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I had walked up to the bar at the jazz club to get a refill of my glass of red wine, and a “young” woman (in her 40s), sitting at a nearby...
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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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