Tom Stormcrowe

I'll put it to a vote, watch for the thread......

cohophysh

You make a good point, with all due respect, clydes most likely have health issues that the other riders in these forums may not. I believe we need all the support we can get whether it is on a bike forum of some other forum. Are common interest is cycling...our common goal is to be healthy and disease free. I feel very comfortable here talking about health issues; I don't in other forums. Cause personally, I don't want to meet the guy in my avatar for another half century or so. I believe anywhere we as clydes, diabetics, etc. can provide or recieve support is worthwhile, and this is one of those places. Just my two cents. I can live without the subject being a sticky.

DieselDan

We don't need to turn this into a diabetic riders forum. My medical problems are my business, and I don't care to hear about everyone else's. I know I can ignore whatever I want. I'm also a diabetic.

cohophysh

Thanks and I understand

tzwsp4

I found out I had diabetes type 2 on Friday 13 of January 2006. In about a month I had figured out that carbohydrates were the problem and eliminated them. The problem people have with low carb diets is that they still need energy. The alternative to carbs is to eat a high fat diet. The fat provides the energy and any excess just passes through your system. Unlike carbs that are stored as fat in preparation for use as energy. The best source of fat is beef - I eat one or two untrimmed ribeyes a day. I eat all the fat first then as much lean as I want. I have plenty of energy for a 40 mile ride or just to work all day.

Another reason for eating beef is that it is an excellent source of vitamins and is eaisily digestible. Lots of vegatables have high vitamin counts but are really indigestible and the vitamins are not useable. Other meats such as pork and wild game are leaner and more prone to parasites requiring the meat to be cooked longer , denaturing the vitamins.

My A1c was above 11 and my chloresterol was off the scale. Now my a1c is 4.6 and my chloresterol is way below normal.

ere's the way I was convinced about the low carb route

https://forum.lowcarber.org/showthread.php?t=287013

DieselDan

Do not, repeat, do not ever use a low carb diet if you are insulin dependent or are taking insulin. I did, and woke up in the hospital two days later after collapsing while leading the paceline. My endroconolgist advised me to never leave out carbs and take insulin.

tzwsp4

Hey DieselDan
I'm type 2 and not taking insulin. I believe the original treatment for type 1 diabetics before injectible insulin was a zero carb diet.
Steve

GlennCoco

Interestingly enough, and off-topic, I've read that was also the treatment for epilepsy.

Nightcap

By which your endocrinologist meant that you're shooting insulin to cover the quickly available glucose in carbohydrates. Fewer carbs require less insulin. This is, in fact, the genius of the low-carb diet for diabetics - small inputs, small mistakes; big inputs, big mistakes.

It's a balancing act, and it must be tough to keep up with every day. I wonder why they haven't come up with a pump that also tests your blood glucose levels and responds automatically. The technology must not be there yet.

GlennCoco

Sounds like Bernstein!

faith1st

Has anyone read the book EAT TO LIVE by Joel Fuhrman? It is changing my life daily. I feel so much better just by following it for the past 2 weeks. Cravings for junk and sugar are gone! I feel better than i have in years! This is a new lifestyle, not a diet but it is working. Lots of good info even if you don't take the plunge, I ordered it from Amazon.............. I posted that in another thread but if you need a drastic change quickly I Strongly recommend! You'll NEVER look at fast food, bread, pasta, meat or dairy the same way again, or the FDA and it's regulations w/loopholes. My mother reversed her borderline diabetic state with diet(her own)........I didn't want to get to that stage so I started this on Aug 19. This is a lifestyle not a diet so my doctor can monitor my sucess with blood work and weighins. I have bigger things to worry about than keeping up with numbers. I hope to get off the BP med within the year if the results allow. I am also doing Peggy Cappy Yoga for stress and lower back pain (weight and sedentary lifestyle)

Nightcap

I'm glad you like your veggies. Goodonya, knock yourself out and all that. But is the wild-eyed proselytizing necessary? There is no diet that can change your life in two weeks. Even starving to death takes an average of three.

faith1st

Sorry but if you had felt as bad as I did, you'd get wild eyed about feeling better too!!!! But if it will cheer you up.................I'll be sure and let ya know if I start feeling worse

DieselDan

For some unknown reason, I crash. I can properly bolus, then suddenly crash. It is seldom, but enough to concern the wife. This is one of the things that may get me sent to Duke University.