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A normal blood sugar with LCHF in just a couple of days
I just got an email from Mike, who was told he was diabetic and that he had to go on drugs to control it.
However, he chose another path, the LCHF diet path. Here’s his short story:
The Email
Hi,
I was told after two blood tests that I was “diabetic” and had to go on drugs to control it.
I declined the drugs, bought a blood tester and after the shock of seeing 169 mg/dl (9.4 mmol/l) went on a very low-carb, high-fat diet. 21 days in and I have lost 16 lbs (7 kg) and my BG is normal. See attached trend report.
Very many thanks for your web site.
Mike Healey
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Congratulations on stabilizing your blood sugar and on losing weight as a bonus! Keep up the good work!
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PS
Do you have a success story you want to share on this blog? Send it (photos appreciated) to andreas@dietdoctor.com. Let me know if it’s OK to publish your photo and name or if you’d rather remain anonymous.
Doctors are realy super duper to know what drug that counteract any symptome!
Soo.. if you got to high glucose levels.. you need more insulin!
Or rather.. if you have to high glucose levels.. you have to litle insulin.. even if you are in a state of hyperinsulinemia!
Soon they gonna change.. probly in a 20 years period!
"Banting Lecture 2011
Hyperinsulinemia: Cause or Consequence?
"In this conceptual model, insulin resistance is caused by hyperinsulinemia and is an appropriate adaptation to the increased need to store fat in adipose tissue without causing hypoglycemia. Thus, insulin resistance is an adaptive response that successfully maintains normal circulating levels of fat and glucose as long as the b-cell is able to maintain sufficiently elevated insulin levels (57). Perhaps the time has come to expand our research focus to carefully investigate the environmental changes that have accompanied the epidemic of obesity and diabetes"
http://diabetes.diab...61/1/4.full.pdf
http://www.plosone.org/article/fetchObject.action?uri=info%3Adoi%2F10...
Epilepsy Behav. 2014 Sep 17;39C:111-115. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2014.08.015. [Epub ahead of print]
Does ketogenic diet improve cognitive function in patients with GLUT1-DS? A 6- to 17-month follow-up study.
Ramm-Pettersen A1, Stabell KE2, Nakken KO2, Selmer KK3.
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The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of ketogenic diet (KD) on cognitive function in patients with glucose transporter protein 1 deficiency syndrome (GLUT1-DS). Six patients with GLUT1-DS who were referred to the National Centre for Epilepsy in Norway during the period of November 2011-September 2013 were included. They were diagnosed with GLUT1-DS on the basis of early-onset seizures and developmental delay (with or without movement disorders or microcephaly) in addition to CSF-to-blood glucose ratio below 0.5. They were all treated with either classical KD or modified Atkins diet (MAD). The effect of the diet with >90% reduction in the seizure frequency was, in retrospect, considered as a support for the diagnosis. The patients underwent standardized neuropsychological assessment before the diet was initiated, and they were reassessed after a minimum of six months on the diet. The neuropsychological tests were individually selected for each patient in order to match their cognitive level. The main finding was a considerable improvement in several aspects of neuropsychological functioning after 6-17months of dietary treatment in all the six patients. The greatest progress was seen in the youngest children. Our findings suggest that early diagnosis and dietary treatment are important in order to prevent developmental delay. However, also adults with GLUT1-DS may profit from dietary treatment by improving alertness, setting the stage for enhanced learning capacity, as well as physical endurance and quality of life.
Let say that a good start is 5-10E% of carbs, 15-20E% protein and the rest fat!
Or one can put it in different ways.. heres one example!
http://www.fitintegrity.com/uploads/9/5/1/6/9516119/no_sugar_no_starc...
Or here!
https://www.dietdoctor.com/lchf
Or here!
http://authoritynutrition.com/low-carb-diet-meal-plan-and-menu/
You are welcome. As we know each case is different, I witnessed drastic reversal of malignancy by LCHF plus 3 days total fasting, just water, once every two weeks. I am sure your friend is under proper supervision.
My best wishes for her!.
here is a good review, unfortunately I am unable to attach the full PDF, I am sure you can manage. This paper has good references as well.
Trends Mol Med. 2014 Sep;20(9):471-2. doi: 10.1016/j.molmed.2014.07.001. Epub 2014 Jul 21.
Mimicking caloric restriction: what about macronutrient manipulation? A response to Meynet and Ricci.
Klement RJ.
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As ongoing research continues to reveal the links between metabolism, cancer, and aging it is good to see non-toxic interventions such as caloric restriction (CR) coming into focus. Recently, Meynet and Ricci provided a timely review summarizing the current state of research on the possible role of CR in cancer treatment. In discussing ways to implement clinically the beneficial effects of CR without a need for overall reduced food intake these authors focused on CR-mimicking drugs that have several limitations. I propose carbohydrate restriction as probably the best way to mimic CR in humans without the need to restrict energy intake.
http://ac.els-cdn.com/S147149141400080X/1-s2.0-S147149141400080X-main...
I cannot find any research on if LCHF diets stop women from menstruating, or if it is high blood sugar stopping me from menstruating (however when I was around 110 all day I still did not have a period). I am lost as to what is causing my problem and how to fix it without getting on medication that I will have to take the rest of my life.
Has anyone read any studies that cover my issues?
Thanks!
Ketogenic diet centering on female "issues". Sorry for that word, I couldn't think of anything better.
https://www.reddit.com/r/xxketo
Its a lot of homones that rise glucose.. mostly stress hormones.. its for fíght and flight!
Excersice altso rise glucose.
Yours is still in normal range.
many thanks Karen Treadgold
Just amazing!
I'm only eating one or two meals a day inside a 4 to 8 hour feeding window and am going to boost my dietary protein and back off on the dietary fat just a little since protein causes a higher postprandial glucagon boost, and the extra dietary fat just needs to be burned off anyway -and- intramuscular triglyceride is the reason for muscle cell insulin resistance so it doesn't make sense to me to OVEReat fat until my insulin resistance is gone.