“I came across your website & you saved my life”
Ani and his kids
Ani feared he would not live long enough to raise his kids. He had “the whole package” according to his doctor: Type 2 diabetes and just about every kind of risk factor for a heart attack, despite being only 43 years old.
His doctors just wanted to add ever more medication. But Ani went searching frantically online for a cure, as he wanted to live. And then he came across this website.
What happened next – in just a few weeks – surprised both Ani and his doctor:
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Greetings from India!
My name is Aniruddha Bhaduri (Ani for short), 43 year-old male living in New Delhi. I have been suffering from type 2 diabetes since 2004, along with GERD, high blood pressure, high triglycerides, high cholesterols with low HDL; (my doctor says “the whole package”).
For the last 10 years I underwent continuous oral medications and my doctor (endocrinologist) repeatedly insisted in the last 3 years that I start taking insulin shots which I refused. Also, my dietician for diabetes management advised me with a food chart to follow, which had so much of carbs in it, like rice, roti, dahl, biscuits, oats, etc. I was taking the following medicines everyday:
1 tab Rabeprazole 20 mg
1 tab Glizid-M (Gliclazide 80 mg and Metformin 500 mg) in the morning
1 tab Galvus MET (Vildagliptin 50 / Metformin 500) after dinner
1 tab Telmisartan 20 mg after breakfastMy doctor also prescribed Tonact-TG (10 mg Atorvastatin / Fenofibrate 160 mg), which I stopped taking 6 months back after I read about the negative effects of Statin drugs.
I had been monitoring my blood sugar irregularly and on the 22th of Jan 2015 on a sudden random check after dinner (2 hours) found it to be very high at 353 mg/dl. The levels showed high too during random checks for the next 4 days. I really got alarmed and went for a blood test on 3rd of March at a lab for FBS, PP, HbA1c and Lipids. The results were as follows:
Health markers in March 2015
Looking at the TG/HDL ratio, I panicked. I feared for my life, I have 2 kids (a daughter of 7 years and a son of 1 year) and felt that I may die of heart attack anytime now and won’t be able to raise them.
However, I did not go to my doctor then, as I knew that she would insist me to take insulin shots immediately, and this was something I did not want to do. I started to look up the internet and searched frantically for a cure for diabetes, as I want to live. AND THEN I CAME ACROSS YOUR WEBSITE & YOU SAVED MY LIFE.
I learned about LCHF and studied vividly and watched almost all the videos I came across and told my wife that “carb” was the hidden evil in my food and not fat that we feared. I set off immediately on a Low Carb and High Fat diet and did my grocery shopping for March 2015 accordingly. I strictly followed the diet being guided all through by your advice on your website. I have been measuring my blood sugar levels almost regularly and it came down from that high level to an average of 97 mg/dl.
At the end of one month, on 4th of April 2015, my blood pressure was normal and I repeated all my blood tests and the results were a pleasant surprise:
Health markers in April 2015
Just one month’s LCHF diet was a huge success to reduce diabetes! I was so happy after 10 long years. Though I know that I have miles to go, but this gave me a great motivation and I now aim to eliminate diabetes. I had trusted your guidance and I was not let down.
Well, I did another blood test for LFT & KFT the next day and fixed an appointment with my doctor for the 7th of April, 2015.
My endocrinologist was very surprised at my sudden improvement. However, I did not disclose to her about the LCHF magic, as I felt she would not understand and rather admonish me for consuming fat. Still, she looked at my markers and said “All looks good. Are you starving, as you lost weight?”
She, however, reduced and changed my blood sugar medicines and said she would further reduce it if my results were still improving after the next 4 months. However, she scolded me for not taking Statins as my LDL was up and said that I must take Rosutec (Rosuvastatin 10 mg) as my arteries are getting scales! Well, I am not listening to her on statins even now, nevertheless.
This is the whole story so far. I was feeling helpless because everyone told me that diabetes is a progressive (towards death) disease with organ failures, but they were so wrong.
I wish to follow LCHF for the rest of my life, even if it is a bit expensive in India. My wife says that she will also follow this diet just to stay healthy and also for the kids. I have stopped giving them “Paediasure” and “Cerelac” and started giving them real food.
My test results along with copy of my prescriptions are attached for your observation. My family photos are attached.
I once again thank you for saving my life. You have actually done a revolution in this world and will save millions of lives from untimely death in the process. I earnestly feel that you certainly deserve the Nobel Prize for your service to mankind. My heartfelt congratulations and best of wishes to you!
Kindly keep in touch.
With best regards,
Yours sincerely,
Ani
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Congratulations on your fantastic success, Ani!
I wish you all luck, and if you want to send in another report in a few months time that would be fantastic. I’m sure I’m not the only one who would like to hear how you do in the future.
Regarding a Nobel Prize there’s not much chance, as I’m only spreading other people’s ideas. In fact these ideas have been working for hundreds of years already. But thanks anyway!
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When all you numbers are stable, you're off the medication and you know beyond any doubt you're in a better place than you would've been (I don't doubt it by the way) then you must tell your physician regardless of their immediate conclusions.
It's also sad that western greed for pharmaceutical profit has blinded even spiritual India to these false conclusions in the name of money!
Can you please suggest if any ?
You can eat *all* kinds of meat - but prefer the fatty parts. Eggs and fish are fine. Don't eat much lean meat! Always make sure you get at least as much (ideally: twice as much) fat as you get lean protein.
There is no upper limit of fat consumption, but don't overconsume protein. Protein is not for energy, but to satisfy the body's need in building material for enzymes, muscle and other tissues. About 1 gram of protein (~4 grams of meat) per kilogram body mass and day is plenty.
Alls kinds of non-starchy vegetables are fine. Starchy ones (like root vegetables) only in moderation. Don't eat sweet fruits or tubers (potatoes etc.).
Coconut oil, butter/ghee, lard/tallow and virgin olive oil is fine. Those are fats are ideal to satisfy your energy needs. Most nuts are fine, but take care of your omega 3/6 ratio. Omega 3s are found in the fat (and eggs and milk) of fish and grass fed animals. Grain fed animals obviously are omega 3 deficient themselves...
Some seeds like flaxseed and chia also contribute plant omega 3s. Mustard oil probably is not too bad also, just like rapeseed oil - as long as they are unrefined (chemical extraction is bad). Sesame and peanut oil is too high in omega 6.
Keep up the good work, I look forward to seeing your next results in a few months time.
All the best,
Gail
godamn! Andreas, you and all of the other wonderful individuals who support this way of life are truly amazing.
Are insects available there? Can you raise crickets? Do the doctors there do much checking for Rickets/vitamin D deficiency? In some countries, and cultures, the high cereals in the diet, the dress, avoiding the sun, the high amount of fluoride in the water can cause a lack of D, and calcium. Compounding the problem for some is moving to the UK and other countries where there is a lack of sun exposure. Those countries are having a major increase in diabetes as well.
http://www.icmr.nic.in/ijmr/2008/march/0305.pdf
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3579152/
Keep up the good work, your wife might even have a cook book there!
Another thing I've done is eat less protein and more fat. For instance, I've cut the number of eggs I eat at a sitting from three to two. If I need more calories, I drink a "bullet proof" coffee or tea, which is where you add butter and coconut oil to the coffee or tea and mix it in a mixer.
I'm still exercising three times per week, an hour at a time.
My wife has tried IF with me, but it's much harder for her. She's around worse food all day long with the kids and her monthly cycle seems to affect her ability to fast.
Even in the US, people who are on high fat diets are looked at as pariahs. When I add fat to my tea at work, people cannot believe I'm doing it. It's also difficult to find a lot of fat. Meat is trimmed of fat (and now comes without bones). I've taken to buying 1/2 cows or pigs grown at a local farm. I get all the fat and the heart, livers, etc.
Ronesh Sinha, MD wrote a LCHF book for a South Asian audience:
http://southasianhealthsolution.org/
My wife is from India and we eat Indian food frequently. I eat and cook mostly Indian vegetable dishes (garden greens lately made into saag) and meats (venison, fish, lamb, bison, etc) spiced. I think Indian spices are phenomenally tasty. We fry in homemade ghee from grass fed cow butter. Other fats include: coconut oil and cream, butter, cream, avocado, olive oil (eaten raw), cheese (not much paneer but I eat cheese frequently).
Eggs are typical 63E% fat, whitout ading any butter or majo!
http://www.fineli.fi/food.php?foodid=858&lang=en
Its better to get the fat frome eggs+butter/majo, then you get a lot of nutrients to.
Congratulations! Nice to see another fellow Indian following LCHF lifestyle and is successful controlling blood sugar. I have been following LCHF since January 2015 after I was diagnosed pre-diabetic (HbA1c of 5.9). I have not run HbA1c test in the last 4 months after following LCHF though Accucheck gives a very good fasting blood sugar rating of mostly lower than 100 but higher post meal blood sugar reading of 130-180. I eat about 30-40 gms of carb at lunch and sometimes at dinner too. Breakfast is 2-3 eggs with plenty of oil and lard and sometimes with bone/fish broth. Occasionally I am fasting for 16-20 hours with just one black coffee, 1 Tsp of coconut oil and one cup of bone broth. Was doing exercise through cycling long distances but recently switched to resistance after I lost weight and lean body mass in cycling.
Yes, following LCHF diet in India is very difficult as family, friends and colleagues advise against fat, oil, meat and eggs. But they reluctantly approve my lifestyle after having seen reduction of my body weight by 10Kg and waist fat by 4 inches within 3 months of following LCHF. My wife is still worried that my Cholesterol could be high because my oil intake is very high. I consume at least 3 litres or almost a gallon oil every month, which is equivalent to a supply of 1000 calories a day. She has been insisting me to take another blood test.
During the first 8 weeks, I reduced at 1 Kg (2.2lb) every week and then it plateaued to just 1Kg a month for the next two months. Now I am focusing on restoring my muscles by daily resistance exercise. I could see the reduction of both subcutaneous fat and visceral fat and growth of muscles, keeping the weight constant at 69-70Kg (152-154lb). I am waiting to take next blood test after I restart my bicycling exercises.
Subra, I had my blood cholesterol checked twice since I went on the diet and my numbers look good, in fact, better than what it was before I started the diet. As long as you get rid of the sunflower/rice-bran/vegetable oils, that are commonly used in India in the pretext of good heart-health, and switch to the good old oils like coconut, mustard, ghee, butter, etc, you should be fine.
Last week, after my test results, the doctor asked me to come off the diabetic medication altogether as my numbers was very good. We will monitor this again in 3 months and if the number is same or less I will come off the diabetic meds altogether. Yippee. I am not going to be lax on this diet at all but continue in the current low carb diet. I am now looking adding resistant carbs to my diet although the science is not very clear on the benefit of these carbs.
The only downside of the test was that the LDL was a bit higher than the normal range. As doctors go, She wanted to prescribe me the statin drug. We agreed that to monitor this until the next test in 3 months. Now to work on reducing LDL.
"Curbing carbohydrates is more effective than cutting calories for individuals who want to quickly reduce the amount of fat in their liver, report UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers."
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110419003651.htm
If its NAFLD.. its becuse of high glycemic load/hyperinsulinemia.. its the same way one make fatty goose liver.. force feeding grains!