Type 2 Nutrition

Sunday, March 26, 2017

Type 2 Diabetes, a Dietary Disease #373: The “blame the patient” game

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Let me be clear. I don’t really think your primary care doctor, who is perhaps an internist/cardiologist (like mine) or maybe a family care...
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Sunday, March 19, 2017

Type 2 Diabetes, a Dietary Disease #372: My 10-week, 30-lb challenge, 5th wk Progress Report

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I’ve changed the title of the Challenge from “2-month, 20-pound” to “10-Week, 30-Pound.” The primary reason is that it became clear I was g...
Sunday, March 12, 2017

Type 2 Diabetes, a Dietary Disease #371: My 2-Month, 20-lb Challenge, 2nd wk Progress Report

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When you read this I will be 5 weeks into my “2-month, 20-pound challenge,” but I write it after 2 weeks “in.”   The first week I lost 1...
Sunday, March 5, 2017

Type 2 Diabetes, a Dietary Disease #370: My 2-Month, 20-lb Challenge, 1st wk Progress Report

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As you read this I will be 4 weeks into my 2-month, 20-pound challenge, but I write after only 1 week “in .” If you don’t know what prompt...
Sunday, February 26, 2017

Type 2 Diabetes, a Dietary Disease #369: “759 Secrets for Beating Diabetes”

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I’m not joking; “759 Secrets for Beating Diabetes” is the actual title of a Reader’s Digest book. I saw it (on deep discount) in the vestib...
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Sunday, February 19, 2017

Type 2 Diabetes, a Dietary Disease #368: My 2-Month, 20-Pound Challenge

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I am in a unique situation at the moment. It is of my own making, and it is an opportunity to take sole responsibility for my actions. Ther...
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Sunday, February 12, 2017

Type 2 Diabetes, a Dietary Disease #367: My Arm’s Length Perspective from Colombia

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As I prepare to leave the beautiful city of Bogotá, after 3 weeks of studying Spanish, a few thoughts related to T2DM come to mind. This 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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