The perfect treatment for diabetes and weight loss
What is the perfect treatment for type 2 diabetes – and for weight loss? Many people would say a strict LCHF diet – I would have said that myself, at one time. But that may just be a good start.
Many readers have told me about the Canadian nephrologist Dr. Jason Fung and his exciting work. But it was only recently that I got to meet him and record this interview.
Dr. Fung
Dr. Fung treats people with severe type 2 diabetes, and to them LCHF may not be effective enough – even if it’s a good starting point. Dr. Fung has found something significantly more effective. And as a side effect it’s also likely to be the world’s most effective method for weight loss, whether you have diabetes or not.
In this 12 minute interview – that you can see above – he goes through all the basics.
Observe: This treatment is extremely effective. If you have diabetes and take blood sugar lowering medication (especially insulin injections) you may need to reduce the doses a lot to avoid potentially dangerous hypoglycemia. You may instantly become too healthy for your medication.
More knowledge
There is a 32 minute second part to the interview, where Dr. Fung goes through many more practical tips and answers common questions. This second part is on the membership pages (free one month trial):
The Perfect Treatment for Diabetes and Weight Loss – full interview
Here are a few of the things Dr. Fung mentions in the full interview:
- Different lengths of fasting that work well (including very extreme options)
- Why people usually find it much easier to fast then they believe
- Possible side effects and how to handle them
- Additional health benefits of fasting
- Medicines that can be problematic when fasting
- What reactions he gets from the doctors and dietitians he works with
- Do you still need to eat breakfast?
- And much more
All this and much more you can learn in the second 32 minute part, on the membership site.
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The Perfect Treatment for Diabetes and Weight Loss – full interview
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96 comments
I have started following this way of living, and after only 2 weeks feel great! Don't know if I've lost weight yet, because I've developed a fear of the scale! But clothes are already much looser, and I feel lighter. Energy lasts and lasts, and I only eat when I'm actually hungry.
I have been collecting information from your writings and lectures on YouTube for some time now. But for me, a really REALLY important thing is inspiration, and seeing the success stories are priceless. I hope I can be one of those stories some day and post it here; but for now they help me simply DO IT. Cheers again!
From your message I get the strong feeling that it's only a matter of time before you send us your success story to andreas@dietdoctor.com! Looking forward to it :)
It makes $9/month seem like a joke. I've been essentially LCHF for about 6 weeks now and I'm just about off of the meds entirely. I figure it will be a few more months before I'm comfortable stopping the glucose monitoring, but I'm well on the way.
I was on this website before there was a monthly membership fee, but I was happy for you. I signed up right away! There is a lot of work and commitment from you that you were giving to people. I saw the same with my pastors who have given their lives to the ministry for 10 years and have yet to take a salary. $9 a month is a blessing and an investment into our own health. Thank you, Dr.!
Fidel Reyes
My question: is my weight loss really linked to the amount of slow insulin I take or is this another myth that needs to be checked?
PS: keep up the good work for which the humble reward you receive is well deserved.
Read Marty's site, here:
https://optimisingnutrition.wordpress.com/about/
His wife is has T1D. Your questions will get answered.
Dietdoctor.com should put up a link to that site. Bjarte?
Can you tell us more about what you eat, how often, what medications you take, and so forth? Then we can try to understand what's causing your issues. You may also want to ask Dr. Andreas himself on the membership site. You can try it for free for 30-days and if you can't afford to stay a member, just cancel before the 30 days and pay nothing: http://dietdoctor.com/ask-diet-doctor
Bjarte - Team Diet Doctor
When exercising my blood sugars usually drop during the night or next day, I have just this week started reducing my background insulin slowly as I do take hypo (low blood sugar) during the night and think I am taking too much. I used to take 15 units Lantus morning and 15 units Lantus evening, my diabetic clinic had me on 22 of each at one point and I've strived very hard to get down to this dose. I eat lots of eggs, bacon, only use butter or coconut oil, I eat nuts and lots of spinach in fact I can buy a bag of baby spinach and eat it like you would eat crisps! I eat lots of tuna (tinned) as fresh is too expensive here. Fish in general in UK is only available in supermarkets and it is expensive priced and not the best quality. I adore cheese of any sort, I will eat celery sticks and carrot sticks also chopped up bell peppers. My partner is on/off the LCHF diet and has just started to follow it fully again this past month or so, he lost lots of weight (which was upsetting for me as all I did was gain more!) We eat steak (usually a Saturday night treat) with celeriac (difficult to get) or sweet potato "fries" and plenty salad. My doctor says I am taking in too many calories, I have also just had a hole in my heart which has been there since being born closed and my Cardiac Dr agrees that there is no harm in the diet I'm following and is delighted that I refuse to use margarine and am using coconut oil and full-fat milk. I go through days where I could happily eat nothing then next day could eat the house! I admit I am feeling very down, fat and frumpy (I am 45 been T1 since age 6) and feel the will slipping away to keep battling and that scares me! Thanks for the replies, nice to know someone listens... Mr Dr's mostly dont!
Thanks for putting Marty's site in your links.
I'm sure you will not be disappointed.
Bjarte - Team Diet Doctor
Thanks for sharing. I recommend you ask Dr. Andreas og Dr. Jason Fung for their views on how your weight issues (see the link in my previous comment to you). I don't feel capable answering such questions when medications are involved.
Bjarte - Team Diet Doctor
The worker is worth his pay.
The information as this website is lifesaving for many, even if perhaps not for you.
If not lifesaving for you, why denigrate Dr. E or the site?
If you need the info but can't afford or don't want to pay, some of the info is available elsewhere to get you started.
Being insulting and cantankerous doesn't get you anywhere.
Have a nice day!
Thank you
I was diagnosed as Type 2 in April 2016 at 43 years old. I did not consider myself overweight at all being 5'7" and 70kg.
I decided to take the free Diet Doctor 2 week challenge, which, has resulted in a total lifestyle change (now I follow a combination of LCHF/KETO/PALEO diet, in combination with strength/weight training 3 hours per week. By September 2016, a letter from my endocrinologist confirmed the diabetes in remission! This has changed my life. I have become healthy, energetic, sharp and my physique has improved to the point of being , what one would call "ripped". Not bad for a mid-40s dad of two!
I would like to ask about lossing weight , i am diabtic and my A1C is 17.4 i have to make it down and i am not able to cut the carb because i always feel hungerry and i could not get the benifit from eating my regular meal, i still have a problem with cut the carb and i need it becasue i am having so much Ketonis in my body , i need help to loss some weight and i ma really over weight and i feel very frustrating for ganging alot of weight in every week , i tried all kind of supplement for loss weight and it did not help at all :( i need the best solution to helop me to make the A1C below 7% or at least 6.5% , do you have any solution for me please ? i ma kind of getting kindney failer if i did not help my self unfortunatley :( please i need solution for type one diabetes with using insulin injection. Thank you
I am sorry, but we simply don’t yet have the resources to respond to questions in the comments or via email.
We do respond to questions about the membership, but for other questions, it would be great if you could help each other in the comment section.
Thanks in advance for any well-sourced answers (well, even just for answering).
Here is our general guide to electrolytes. If you choose something without carbs, fat or protein it should not affect autophagy. Please note, that should you have other questions, Dr Fung does recommend medical supervision during longer fasts.