When I was first diagnosed (with an A1C of 13.7) the ‘nutritionist’ (i use that term loosely, because she was an idiot) told me a diet of no more than 10% fat (not even 20%) and at least 100g of carbs with EACH MEAL was the recommended plan to ‘control’ my diabetes...
I shudder to think how many meds I’d be on and how many limbs I would have lost by now had I not found Atkins and then Keto/fasting.
Last A1C (with no meds at all) 4.9.
Congrats to you and well done. A1C of 4.9 is awesome.
*** “Last A1C (with no meds at all) 4.9” ***
You are Rocking it! I have had different but similar results
<45lbs in 8 months and off ALL Meds, I feel great and the gals say I look great too!
A friend and neighbor of mine had a dietician/nutritionist recommend that low fat/carb-fest diet to her last year-her kitchen was stocked with enough pasta, potatoes and rice to see her through 6 months of a famine, and she was gaining even more weight till another neighbor and I turned her on to the Paleo and Keto way of eating-once she got with the program, she started losing weight, was not tired at work and now she is not on any meds any more-and her numbers are low and normal. I guess some nutritionists and dieticians have been living off-grid in the Alaskan bush totally isolated from the internet and other humans for the last 4-5 years...
Cutting way back on carbs to reverse diabetes ONLY works for people who try it. It doesn’t work for others.