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in Diabetes stories, Intermittent fasting, Keto, Success stories 
At the age of 42 Aaron was developing type 2 diabetes, after having struggled with his weight forever. He felt hopeless and afraid.
Searching the internet Aaron found his way here, and this is how it changed his life:
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Hi Andreas,
My name is Aaron and I just wanted to say thank you.
Your site literally changed my life.
I am 42 years old and have been struggling with my weight for about 20 years. I have tried almost every diet over the years. Always losing but then gaining more than I lost.
In the last 2 years I developed hypertension and pre-diabetes.
Last January I felt hopeless and afraid. I was on three hypertension medications and had a A1C of 6.2. My doctor wanted to start treating me for Diabetes. On January 17th I found dietdoctor.com. I immediately started a restricted low carb/high fat diet based on the info on your site and Dr. Eric Westman’s e-book.
Today I am 25 pounds (11 kg) lighter, off my meds and just found out yesterday my A1C is already down to 5.5!!!
I fast at least 12 hours every day without even thinking about it. I eat 2 meals a day and I am never hungry. I am still losing weight.
I have tried low carb many times before but always tried to stay low fat. Fat was the key!
I am a member of your site I’ve watched every video!
You guys seriously rock.
Thanks for everything!
Aaron
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Congratulations, Aaron! Reversing diabetes is a great achievement. Thanks for sharing your story with us.
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Too many people still think of "calories" or because of the media have a negative view of fat. I still do to some extent for some things - I don't like non-crispy skin-on chicken or large veins of fat in my steak for example. But that was a matter of finding something I did like so I would eat just a little and my appetite would turn off like flipping a light switch very quickly.
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The above is written by a man from Sweden who lost over half his body weight. He generally eats 1-2 meals per day. He does some interesting things, though, like adds butter and homemade mayo to his meals. Because of him, if I have a steak or chicken or anything that might be "high" in protein but "low" in fat, I add butter to it. I add butter (from grass-fed cows if possible) to everything. I've also started to add homemade mayo more too, although I try to avoid Omega 6 fats, so I keep to olive oil or avocado oil, and I'm going to experiment with making mayo from other fats like bacon fat.
For me, I've learned after 30+ years of low fat to love the fat in steak and choose the fattiest steak I can, but I realize not everyone is like that. I also eat chicken skin, skin on salmon, bone marrow, etc.
And if I eat out, I try to add butter to everything.
How do you know what is a fatty steak? I go to the restaurant and order their steak, but it isn't teeming with fat. Then I ordered more butter for my green beans and it comes to you in a small container of very soft butter and I wonder if it is really butter or something they pass on to you as butter. They always say it is butter.