My husband has type 2 diabetes. He was taking THREE kinds of pills to lower blood sugar, plus a pill for blood pressure. Then he went to a specialist in Kansas City and they gave him a strict diet. 20 grams of carbs a day max. So he can have all the chicken, steak, spinach, zucchini, asparagus, etc that he wants. Pretty much no rice, flour, candy, cake, sugar, pie, wheat, pasta, etc. His blood sugar dropped to normal in 24 hours WITHOUT the pills to lower the blood sugar. I can see that it could be a digestive problem. I am going to look into this. Like his body isn’t digesting things right. he is 57, active, and VERY thin.
Have you ever considered that your husband might have celiac disease or so-called gluten enteropathy? The estimate is 1% of the population has this. It is associated with diabetes. Stopping wheat and all gluten-containing products can reverse this.
It causes mal-absorption in the intestines. Check his vitamin D level. Just a thought.
That’s the Atkins Diet...and a smart specialist. The human body isn’t really meant to digest the stuff on the bad list, so it’s quite possible there is nothing really wrong with your husband at all. I hope it isn’t getting to the point where they start regularly prescribing surgery to keep Archer Daniels Midland in business.
Your husband is lucky.
The way diabetes is usually treated in the US is very odd. I had gestational diabetes when I was pregnant, and was told to pretty much eat whatever and control the diabetes with insulin. I have since seen that a lot of people are treated this way.
That was until I was assigned to an endocrinologist that must’ve gone to boot camp or something. She limited my carb intake, said to test very frequently, and was I given the same sort of advice your husband was (no wheat or refined carbs), slightly tweaked because I was pregnant - I had a slightly higher carb count per day.
I know that my treatment and your husband’s treatment are probably not standard. I see lots of diabetics eating whatever they want and treating themselves with insulin.
One thing y’all may want to look into is Celiac. I was diagnosed several weeks ago, and I will say that the only time I have felt this good was when I was pregnant and on he diabetic diet. I know my blood sugar is and has been normal since the pregnancy... the only thing “the same” about then and now is that I wasn’t eating wheat.
Your husband is eating good, now. You should be eating this way too. Surgery is a way to avoid responsibility for what we put in our mouths. Don’t waste your time on the surgery, he’s digesting things perfectly. Spend your time reading up on low-carb and learning to eat that way as a lifestyle.
Think: Humans for thousands of years, or so, ate mostly meat, fish, vegetation, limited fruits, limited nuts. Consider what you eat today. Is it any wonder we have health problems galore?
ah, freepers are armchair experts in everything.
I suggest that everyone research the side effects of all their prescription drugs. I was on a BP drug for two years until I was told that I had Type II diabetes. In doing my own research on diabetes and the drug, I found out that one of the side effects of the drug I had been on for over two years was “increased blood sugar.” My doctor did “NOTHING” as my blood sugar climbed. I have filed a “quality of care” complaint on this supposed medical doctor. Not to insult any Freeper docs, IMO, many doctors are pill pushers pimping for the drug companies. After stopping the BP drug, my sugar is back to normal.
Hubby and I decided to cut all flour, sugar, rice and potatoes from our diets. It was hard at first to adjust my cooking, but we have found and/or developed delicious very low carb substitutes for everything we love ... waffles, bread, crackers, loaded baked potatoes, muffins, etc. We have no trouble staying at 30-50 carbs per day.
He has lost 50 pounds and reduced his diabetes medication by 2/3 within 6 months of diagnosis. Now his doctor says if he can lose another 50 pounds, he probably can get off all meds.
And our cholesterol and blood pressure levels have dropped drastically, even considering we use real butter and extra virgin olive oil daily.