Type 2 Nutrition

Sunday, October 30, 2016

Type 2 Diabetes, a Dietary Disease #352: If you’re a Type 2, DON’T READ THIS.

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Metformin* is designed for cheaters, like me! By that I mean Metformin is designed to work, or works best, with a “load” or “carbohydrate c...
Sunday, October 23, 2016

Type 2 Diabetes, a Dietary Disease #351: Am I a Type 2 Diabetic?

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Note: If you are asking this question for yourself, look at “How Diabetic Do You Want to Be?” Part 1 ( #344 ) and Part 2 ( #345 ) But read ...
Tuesday, September 27, 2016

Type 2 Diabetes, a Dietary Disease #350: My latest lipid panel (cholesterol test)

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I realize that no one (besides me, and my doctor) is interested in my latest cholesterol test, but…I think they can be used to impart a wid...
Monday, September 26, 2016

Type 2 Diabetes, a Dietary Disease #349: Yoga for Diabetes

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I woke up the other day during the last minute of a “Yoga for Diabetes” TV program, so I missed it. Dang! Fascinated by the idea, though, I...
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Type 2 Diabetes, a Dietary Disease #348: Nervous Eating

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In an earlier column ( #342 ), I asked, “Is cheating okay?” I answered “no,” with an explanation. I stipulated: “So long as I remain in a...
Sunday, September 18, 2016

Type 2 Diabetes, a Dietary Disease #347: Lowering glucose in T2D is largely useless, unless…

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If my last post ( #346 here ) left you, dear reader, in a quandary, that was not my purpose. Nor do I think it was Dr. Jason Fung’s intent...

Type 2 Diabetes, a Dietary Disease #346: “Glucose lowering in T2D is largely useless”

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Okay, I’m a big fan – a devotee you might say – of Jason Fung, MD, a Canadian nephrologist, blogger, and author. His very good book, “The O...
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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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