See Richard K. Bernstein's books on diabetes. Low-carb is the way to go.
Carbs affect blood sugar a lot and more or less quickly--even so-called "complex carbohydrates."
Protein affects blood sugar some but not as much as carbs.
Fat has very little effect on blood sugar... before insulin was discovered, the only way to keep diabetics alive was to put them on high-fat diets.
The American Diabetes Association is massively out of date.
So far, I have lost 22 pounds. My next test is 6/2, and my next appointment with the doctor is 6/6. Then we'll see if the weight loss worked.
40 minutes each day on an exercise bike, and eating about 1/2 of what I used to devour. And every time on the bike is misery. I thought it would get easier, but it doesn't.
When I get down to my target weight, I will buy and eat an entire pizza and a six-pack. That meal is already factored into the weight loss target.
He put me on Jamumet which is weight neutral.
I've lost 10 lbs so far
Anybody else have this same issue?
This article makes sense to me and mirrors my own experiences. Outside of genetics, portion control & exercise help tremendously. Obviously there is still much we don’t know about diabetes. Not only are their different types but even within the same “type” there are wide variances of degree, control and manifestations. I disagree, to an extent, with the comment about “grains”. At least the idea that they are to be avoided. Nothing wrong with a certain among of whole grain products. For that matter there is nothing wrong with almost any food if you know how it directly effects you. Of course with diabetes there is a great variation of how certain foods effect certain people. YMMV and this is why you must measure to see how and what effects you individually. Having said that it also depends greatly on what other issues you may have. High blood pressure, high cholesterol etc. While I have changed my diet and eat large amount of vegetables I don’t completely avoid anything at least not much. I do however restrict certain fruits, large amount of diary, pasta and don’t drink soda at all. However I prefer to eat real butter and real sugar in addition to using real H&H in my coffee. Again it is about portion control. I also eat a piece or two of candy almost everyday. Not sugarless BTW but about an oz or less and I savor and enjoy it tremendously. I may in the future have to change that but at this point in my diabetes it is serving me well. Portion control, at least for me, is key. That and exercise.
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I’m really exasperated because I have always exercised like mad, am not one pound overweight, eat abstemiously—and last year I got diagnosed as “pre-diabetic” anyway. No fair! No, there’s no history of diabetes in my family, but prior generations were overweight, principally from eating an ethnic diet that doesn’t work so well in the sedentary US. It wouldn’t be possible to cut back on refined foods, since I don’t eat them, or to exercise more. Pretty annoying. So I’m going to try cinnamon and some other supplements and see what happens. Yall wish me luck.
Type 2 Diabetes is caused by too many refined carbohydrates without fiber.
I draw your attention to the web site of Dr Ron Rosedale a world class endocrinologist specializing in Insulin and Leptin.
Eating a high “complex” carbohydrate, low saturated fat diet for health and longevity has been shown, and perhaps even “proven,” to be wrong. Minimal common sense would say to try something else. Diabetes Is A Disease Of Nutrition, And It Is The Science Of Nutrition That Must Treat It. Science is telling us that we must eat a diet that maximizes the accuracy of insulin and leptin signaling allowing cells, you, to better listen to their life-giving messages. (The need for those hormones to have to “yell” to be heard is reduced and the levels of insulin and leptin are therefore lowered.) That would be the eating plan emphasizing good fats and reduced nonfiber carbohydrates/starches as outlined in my book “The Rosedale Diet” and Dr. Mercola’s “Total Health Program”. Doing so will greatly improve and even reverse type 2 “insulin resistant” diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, many other chronic diseases of aging, and even aging itself, as many of my patients who have been able to totally eliminate the use of their drugs, including insulin, can attest. Following those guidelines will let you — and your genes — “be the best that you can be.” Tags: Dr. Ron Rosedale, Diabetes Diet Written by Dr. Ron Rosedale, Author of The Rosedale Diet. insulin resistant diabetes, diabetes and heart disease, insulin levels, insulin injections, lowering blood sugarI have had Type II “insulin resistant” Diabetes for over ten years.
That, in itself, is an oxymoron since most of those “complex” carbohydrates, such as potatoes, rice, cereals, pasta, and breads rapidly turn to sugar and the excess sugar (glucose) rapidly turns into long-chain saturated fatty acids (palmitic acid; “palm oil”). Concomitant with that recommendation the incidence of diabetes and obesity has skyrocketed and has become one of the worst worldwide epidemics the world has ever seen.
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