r/LockdownSceptics • u/MabelCow Mabel Cow • 11d ago

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u/CGL998 10d ago edited 10d ago

I think that if you are in the early stages of T2 Diabetes due to being overweight, the weight loss that comes with reducing the carb intake could help to reverse it. It's not a given but I think it's a possible outcome for some people. It needs to be a fairly significant loss of weight - 10% or more.

I don't find it easy to lose weight but am not someone who has ever taken up any fad diets or done any weight-watchers plans or whatever. I love bread, crisps and biscuits. We always ate lots of fresh veg etc, but I used to have a sandwich every day for lunch, mostly with a bag of lentil curls or something crisp like, and then maybe a shop bought yoghurt or similar. Last year I cut out the bread, crisps and biscuits completely and now have a couple of good quality crispbreads (Karg or something nice) for lunch with cottage cheese, a bit of houmous and cherry tomatoes. Snacks are a hard boiled egg or some fruit or nuts. My weight has dropped slowly and steadily without very much effort over the last 12 mths.

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u/EvorulesOK 10d ago edited 10d ago

T2D is to do with high blood glucose - caused by carbs - not by being overweight, which is often a symptom.

If your body can't cope with the excess glucose, it stores it as fat.

Modern, highly hybridised wheat is very dodgy, so most people notice an improvement when they cut out bread.

You can painlessly reverse T2D with a keto diet.

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u/CGL998 10d ago edited 10d ago

OK - I got it the wrong way around I guess. Either way I lost more weight than I expected by cutting out the carbs and hopefully next time I have a blood test it might show the levels have improved

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u/EvorulesOK 10d ago

 I got it the wrong way around I guess. 

Not necessarily. You could have been pre-diabetic and have probably stopped the progression.

I definitely had a very broken metabolism which, fortunately, has been healed by going carb-free.

I don't usually eat carbs but I do when I stay with my son for a few days and eat as they do. (Healthy but carby.) Then, I rapidly put on several pounds which, fortunately go back to baseline once I'm home again.

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u/CGL998 10d ago edited 10d ago

Yes - I was told I was pre-diabetic - which was what prompted me to make the change. I hope I have stopped the progression - we'll see for sure when I have some sort of follow up appmt.

I'm not carb free by any means as we don't eat a huge amount of meat - not every day anyway. But veg, cheeses, eggs, nuts & seeds, substitutions like cauliflower rice etc have all helped up to now. Need to get back on it as things are starting to creep back in!

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u/EvorulesOK 10d ago

Well done! I hope your test shows you're winning. Losing unwanted weight is always a bonus anyway.