“Ever since that day I’ve been eating LCHF and no doctor in the whole world can ever change that”

Before and after
Peter suffered a horrible headache that nearly made him faint, and he was rushed in an ambulance to the emergency room. At the ER he was quickly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. He was sent back home with the advice to “eat like you’ve always done and take your medications”.
Then, after some time he listened to a presentation by a coworker about low-carb, and he immediately decided to try it, even though newspapers had stated it was “life threatening”. This is where he’s at four years later:
The E-mail
Hello!
My name is Peter Andersson and I am 52 years old. Four years ago, in the middle of the summer, I was struck by a terrible and increasing headache. I nearly fainted from the pain and was taken to the emergency room in an ambulance. They were able to pretty quickly note that I had diabetes type 2. My blood pressure was 190/120 and my blood sugar was 18 mmol/l [325 mg/dl].
Because of the headache, they were concerned that I also had intracranial hemorrhage, but after two days of testing I could go home. In retrospect, it feels like quite a horrible experience: before I was discharged I got to meet a diabetes nurse for 10 to 15 minutes.
She adviced me to “eat as usual”, take my medications, read a couple of colorful brochures from some pharmaceutical company and track my blood sugar with a used blood sugar meter that I could take home.
Back at work in August, my boss informed me that a colleague from Linköping who had heard of what had happened wanted to come and hold a presentation about diet and health as early as the same week.
I thought that it sounded amazing but I already knew what to eat and the importance of movement, the dietitian had already told me about this at the hospital.
The colleague came and the first slide he showed contained four letters, low-carb. I didn’t know what LCHF was at the time but I had read a couple of headlines from newspapers that stated that it was life threatening.
The presentation made me very interested and afterwards I decided immediately that I should try this! Ever since that day I’ve been eating LCHF and no doctor in the whole world can ever change that. I was able to manage my blood sugar very quickly, I started to feel great and within six months I had lost 20 kg [44 lbs]. During these past four years I haven’t had a single cold, no sore throat, no headaches (I used to suffer from tension headaches). I haven’t had a bloated stomach or felt the need to stuff myself with food, instead I am pleasantly satisfied after meals.I have also picked up running after 15 years of no exercise. I now run at the same pace as I did during my active career as a soccer player. I can however add that my doctor still wants to put me on statins and blood pressure meds as a “preventative” measure.
I want to thank one of the members of team DietDoctor: my colleague and friend Fredrik Söderlund for the presentation that changed my life.
Peter Andersson
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Congratulations Peter, this is a very inspiring story!
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Thanks for this great site..I visit every day for inspiration. Down 17 pounds and counting.
/Fredrik
For me, what is amazing is not necessary Peter's weight loss but this comment from his doctor:
"my doctor still wants to put me on statins and blood pressure meds as a “preventative” measure." This "blanket medication" of the over-50's attitude is starting to become more & more mainstream, especially in the UK where I believe there is a BIG government push for this. Where do you draw the line? "I'm gonna put you on anti-depressants, just in case you're feeling a bit sad on Mondays"??
It strikes me that physicians are simply acting in the interests of "Big Pharma" rather than their patients these days and this MUST stop.
But the most important improvement is how terrific I feel all day and night, every day and night. No bloating after meals; no pain in joints; no stomach growling; no hunger. If a doctor told me to take meds because I'm old and at risk, I would laugh and fire him or her, because there is nothing to thank for how good I feel other than the way I've learned to eat thanks to this site, these doctors, and my own determination to find a way of living that works for me...LCHF. I'm 72; most of my life I suffered all the problems that come with S.A.D. diet including bouts with cancer, elevated BP, stroke, divertulosis, migraines. To be well at my age is unusual, but what I'm sharing here is true. My present doctor is an M.D. but holistic and helps rather than hindering; I only found him after I had begun LCHF; he does not toe the conventional medical line of bull.
For those who read this and don't believe, be brave and begin LCHF. If you are strict, in about one week you'll feel wonderful.
was probably just calculated, and
likely incorrectly. See Ken Sikaris's
videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyzPEii-wo0
to start.
He is 78. His esophageal ulcer which bled and made him anemic has totally healed - so avoiding major surgery. His cholesterol is 3.1. The physician says he'll live to 100 now.
I have no arthritis - which crippled me before. I can exercise again. All my migraines vanished. I love my new shape, my pain free life and I love cooking LCHF because anyone can make delicious food with cream! (and all the fresh natural produce, of course). I have control of my weight, my health and I will NEVER go back to that old life despite everything anyone says.
Thank you for inspiring so many people with this wonderful lifestyle