RD Dikeman on why people with type 1 diabetes should avoid the disastrous high-carb diet

August 12 2016 by in Type 1 diabetes

Why is the standard advice for type 1 diabetic patients crazy and why does it worsen the disease? What should we do instead?

This is what Richard David Dikeman explains in this spot-on interview by Ivor Cummins.

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Dikeman argues that getting rid of carbs is the way to go in order to avoid dangerous swings in blood sugar.

RD Dikeman is the brain behind the Facebook group TYPEONEGRIT for type 1 diabetic patients and features in videos with Dr. Bernstein on YouTube. He also gave a talk at the recent low-carb conference in San Diego about treatment for type 1 diabetics. A video from that is coming up later.

Earlier with the Fat Emperor

Interview with Low-Carb Doctor David Unwind

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Video with Ivor Cummins

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6 comments

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Laura
August 12 2016
The standard advice might be bad, but carbs (good, whole, natural carbs) are not the problem.
http://www.forksoverknives.com/type-1-diabetes-vegan-diet/

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Mina
August 13 2016
Asked RD Dikeman some harsh questions and I was ousted from the FB closed group.
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robert
August 13 2016
"... to discover that eating meat and fat caused blood glucose swings that were almost impossible to chase ..."

Really? I wonder what else he ate. Sadly we don't know.

The last time I ate a potato my BG went up quite a bit. Eating bacon & eggs on the other hand didn't do anything, except tasting good.
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Dr. Shahriar Mostafa
August 18 2016
Life with diabetes is different but diabetes does not keep you from anything the life has to offer. Sure there is a catch, you have to control type 1 diabetes all your life. But You will be amazed to see Life with diabetes is even healthier than life without diabetes.

Reference https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01AQOJ21C

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bill
August 18 2016
" Life with diabetes is even healthier than life without diabetes."

Doesn't appear you embrace the LCHF
lifestyle. Why would you post an ad
for your books here?
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Reply to comment #1 by Laura
Casey Freeman
February 13
The thing is- good carbs like eating an apple will spike my blood sugar. No question. Eating a chicken breast will not. There's no vegan propaganda that can change that. Carbs from any source raise the blood sugar. I know this by a simple test of testing my blood sugar.