Diabetic goes vegan for 180 days. This happened.
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- I’ve been on a low fat plant based diet for 180 days. Being a diabetic, I’ve seen major changes in my insulin sensitivity after switching from a low carb diet to a healthy high carb vegan diet. I cover what exactly I eat in a day as a type 1 diabetic, how I prepare my meals in a blood sugar friendly way, how my blood glucose reacted, and how my insulin needs changed during and after this transition.
If you are looking for a healthy sustainable diabetes diet this video might inspire you as I share my experience in a whole lot of detail with focus on diabetes and blood sugar management.
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I read Dr Barnard's book years ago. I'm a high carb plant based vegan who doesn't eat added salt, oil or sugar majority of the time. I do occasionally eat a vegan burger or pizza. I went off insulin within 45 days of changing my diet, that was about 5 years ago, I also went off all meds for high blood pressure, cholesterol, antidepressants, everything and lost over 100 pounds. I've never felt better.
I was a type 2 diabetic.
Do you eat fruits and rice !?
Amazing!
How many carbs do eat daily? How much fat?
Please educate us what to eat from morn to night in detail.
I've been a Type 1 diabetic for 50 years and for 40 of those years I've followed a modified version of Dr. Richard Bernstein's low carb diet. I must admit that I found your video astounding as it contradicts just about every dietary principal advanced by Bernstein and others advocating low carb meal plans. That said I was very impressed by your detailed analysis of your dietary experiment and as a long time follower of your site I have great respect for your abilities and attitudes. Who knows I may even give the vegan approach a try…all those fruits and nuts would be a welcome change after 40 years of avoiding them. Thanks for the cutting edge willingness to try a new approach!
I can't help but wonder if a combination of the 2 plans would be good for diabetics, good fats and protein but with fruits and veg. Both plans seem to avoid processed and refined foods
The gurus in the low-carb community often instil the nonsense that all carbs are bad. The difference between the effects on the body of wholefood and refined carbs is like night and day. The problem is insulin resistance which doesn't get addressed generally by doing low carb diets. Here is a practicing example of a type I diabetic athlete who has been through the common dietary practices to help diabetes. youtube A6UzDWKnoqc all the blue zones eat relatively high carbohydrate diets.
@@spiral-m ^This.
Anyone who tells you that you have to hide from carbohydrates by definition, doesn't know how to reverse insulin resistance. Bernstein isn't a biochemist, doesn't understand the science of how the body works, and is just repeating myths and assumptions from 150 years ago
I'm a vegetarian and my blood sugar stays low..
Wow you look fantastic! I took your suggestion and read Mastering Diabetes. It was very eye opening. I’m a type 2 and have been for over 20 years. I’ve been going keto/low carb for 5 years. I too found it very hard to sustain. It did keep my BS lower but as soon as I went off course and ate carbs my BS sky rocketed. The thought of never eating carbs again is depressing. I just started a WFPBD and can’t believe I can eat carbs in the absence of fat and still have low BS. Ive only been doing it for 6 weeks but already lost 5 lbs. I am eating potatoes oatmeal rice fruit and tons of vegetables. I am enjoying this new way of eating. Already I have decreased my oral meds of metformin in half. Thx Tom for the suggested reading of Mastering Diabetes!😊.
you can follow cyclic keto diet. 5days low carb, low protein and high fat diet (10-10-80). 2 days usually on saturday and sunday high carb foods. Protien around 50g-100g per day is usually enough.
Don’t promote diets in the comments. You aren’t a doctor or dietitian. Besides your recommendations don’t follow what professionals recommend.
@@marley7659 This diet works. I want everyone to benefit. The information in youtube is vast and very difficult for noraml person to understand the merits. Doctors are not the best persons for diet advice as they want medicines not food to cure diseases.
@@marley7659 many educated dieticians that read the latest science know that carbs don’t cause or worsen diabetes by now, it’s well known in the scientific community that what causes diabetes type 2 is intramyocellular fat making our cells to become useless in using insuline and fatty pancreas causing beta cells to become useless in creating insulin, caused by excessive body fat and saturated fats
I found low carb to be horrible for me - yes my blood sugar did not go up - but it really did not improve for long term either. I was very tolerant of protein and fat and did not get full - even on zero carb. WFPB saved my life and I found everything he has in the video to be true for me as well. I personally feel this whole low carb craze has been carried by meat dairy and pharmaceutical industries behind the scenes - I do not think it is a long term answer.
Thank you for describing your hypoglycemic episodes during transition and what you did to improve them along with the data of eating one way compared to the other.
Thank you for sharing your experience! I am also type-1 and follow a low fat vegan diet. I typically eat 400g carbs per day with an 18/1 insulin/carb ratio. A1C 5% with a 97% time in range. There are so many great benefits of eating this way and I'm glad you've discovered it and shared it for others! A applaud your willingness to try new things.
That's amazing! Can you share how long you've been type 1 and on this diet?
@@momopeaches I've been type-1 for about 10 years. I've been on a low-fat vegan diet for about a year and a half now.
@@EliTriona what was your diet like before this and how was your blood sugar, if you don't mind?
@@momopeaches my diet before was vegan, but it was "eat whatever I want" kind of vegan, which included a lot of vegan junk food and processed food, and foods much higher in fat (think veggie burgers, fries, donuts, etc). My a1cs during that time were typically around 6.5 - 7.5.
Who needs 400g carbs per day? Wouldn't you need less insulin if you lowered that amount?
Hey Tom! You have one thing going for you that makes a s big difference. Ypu run the numbers and are willing to do some experimentation to see what is best for you. I think there are way to many people that just do what they are told by someone and don't own their health. Personally I like low carb but I will also admit to having made some poor choices while doing it. But I, like you, also like to run the numbers and sometimes tend to geek out in that way.
One thing I saw in your numbers was it seamed that after you put some fat back in to the diet things improved. I think someone totally buying into the plant based veg diet will continue to have to many spikes and lows.
The trick here is to experiment and find something that works for each induvial even though that might not be the same for all of us.
Very impressive!
Excellent video, thank you.
How is your muscle mass doing?
Do you know that certain peppers with capsaicin and some other foods stimulate insulin secretion via TRPV1 at the interface of the small intestine/pancreas interface?
Thank you for this!! You are amazing that kerping such a detail log!!! Did your fasted blood glucouse go down? Do you have insight to why this happened?? Although total carb is high but net carb is lower due to fiber??
I have the book mastering diabetes but when I started reading it I was put off by the push to sell you their coaching and other programs. Even though I was interested in the diabetic vegan subject that was a turnoff. That is unfortunate because I think they have something important to say on the subject, and they seem to have good credentials. I am trying to do low carb with varying success but my heart is with eating food without killing animals. I found this video surprising and informative, and somewhat inspirational. Thank you.
Those guys dont know much. They think dates are a 'fatty fruit' lol.
They think that sugar is bad for diabetes yet they promote fruit eating of some kind.
ANYONE who can prove sucrose in bananas is different to sucrose in cane or beet or carrots will win a noble prize in science.
They are pushing a cult in that book. Some of the science is kind of 'cherry picked' to prove their points but with results like Tom got the science can't be too far from the mark. I'd try it, but no to the drinking the Kool aid of coaching or retreats.
yup the key is SUPER LOW FAT, This will for sure clean out your receptor sites so that they operate smoothly and efficiently. aim for less than 30g fat a day and watch your insulin sensitivity sky rocket! high carb low fat for the win
@DurianriderCyclingTips you are joking?????!!!!!!! The masterimg diabetes team know far than you sunshine. Wow your big headed!!!!!!!
The reason they say be strategic with eating dates is because of the calorie density!!!! Otherwise they are very nutritious. Your body will naturally burn sugar before fat. But most folks will over comsume the fat at the same time. But you can over flood the body with too many calories regardless of what macronutrient takes pescedence. So, the trick is balance and the Mastering Diabetes team do it exceptionally well. They both have type 1 diabetes, work out and highly qualified..... with PhD too. So sunshine, if you know better and can out perform their knowledge and EXPERIENCE great but I very much doubt it. Yeah you got your own chanel, but you don't have type 1 diabetes do you and thus your body operates differently.
Omg it's so irritating when people talk sh%t just because they don't like a message. Two words . GROW UP!!!
There is next to no push
This is very interesting. Thanks for sharing.
Did you find that your improved insulin resistance made it more difficult to correct a hypoglycaemic event?
In other words, did you need more carbs than usual to correct a hypo?
Great question
I’m not type I or II and eat like this… type II runs in my family but it stops with me. I do eat some nuts (2oz per day), a tablespoon of oil on my salad (linseed or avocado usually)per day on average, and very little processed vegan food (like some vegan ice cream in the summer). It keeps my post bg lower than 120 in hours 1,2&3 after eating. It very rarely gets above 120. Fasting bg is between 70-90. I love it and eat plenty of fresh, whole vegan foods
I really recommend this type of eating for everyone, diabetic or not
i am neither type1 or 2 and eat like this too. I just include some chicken, fish, egg whites, yogurt, and protein powder in my diet also. But other than that the diet is the same. Am 34 and have a sixpack and hgihly active for decades straight doing this.
Lead the way! Big Change starts at the individual level
Awesome video! I can't find the recipes for the foods you had on here. There was no link in the video and none in the description. Thanks!
I just found your channel...great inspirational videos, not just for diabetics but for everybody for a healthier, better and happy life!! Thumbs up
Fully agree; every human body seems to have it's own issues, that need their own approach. Informative vid.
Thank you for making this video. I am glad to see that you can incorporate some red light foods back into your diet without seeing spikes. I am seeing the spikes you talked about since I just started the plant-based diet, but now I feel better that it will dissipate. This was a very informative video.
Great video!! Thankyou!!🙏🏽 Have you got links to the recipes?
Type 1 diabetic and new subscriber here. This is so inspiring! Thank you for sharing your story.
How has your journey been? Did you try this way of eating yet? Let us know, thanks!
Hey Tom, i am 90 % sure i posted a comment around a year or so ago on one of your videos talking about my experience and improved hba1c after adhering to vegan/vegetarian diet, i am now almost 18 months vegetarian, and still see the benefits of not cosuming any meat, i am currently trying to cut down on other sources of animal protein also, although i am not eating alot of them anyway. Great job with the videos and the channel in general 👍
The benefit has nothing to do with "not eating meat" you can get better effects from Fasting. Dr. Fung wrote the modern day book on Fasting and reversing Diabetes. Eat all the meat you want.
Mind currently BLOWN. Absolutely BLOWN. Now I need a nap to process this. Tom, this is HEAVY stuff...I appreciate you!
Amazing video. One question, what are your guess at fiber numbers? I think they would explain some if the numbers.
I did the same experiment. I'm not diabetic but everytime I would eat a high carb meal I would "crash" and feel tired for some hours after. I was sluggish all day and had no energy for my workouts. After cutting out all saturated fat and oils it literally took 3 days until I could eat a big bowl of oats with fruits and feel energized. Feeling way better than on low carb. And I'm still eating low fat animal foods like chicken breast and plain greek yogurt.
yes! the "sugar crash" that everyone is always complaining about is due to the combo of fat and carbs. youre crashing because of the FATS! not the glucose! glucose is the ideal fuel for all our cells! quickest to be utilized for energy with the least amount of waste product/free radicals! clean clean! but add fat in there, everything gets mucked up...hello insulin resistance.
Chicken isn't low fat
@@richardjackson5380It is low fat when it is grilled or baked w/no breading.
İt is not @@BlackMadonna777
@richardjackson5380 The Op said, "Chicken breast." Chicken breast are low fat.
As you transition & cut out excess fats & oils, the body starts to pull out ectopic & visceral fat & plonk it in the bloodstream for elimination. That can trigger a temporary period of higher insulin resistance.
But once the excess rogue fat is eliminated, it’s much easier for the glucose to enter the cells & insulin sensitivity can them improve - often quite dramatically. My insulin intake went from 50+ units per day to just 20-25 or less within 4 weeks of transitioning from high fat Keto to low fat plant-based.
Whilst some people can tolerate a little far or oil, others (like me) need to be totally added fat/oil free in order to lose weight & get blood sugars under control. I suspect that may well be due to having very clogged & congested lymphatic systems (fats are processed via the lymph). Many of us have been avid consumers of processed seed oils (that turn to varnish when heated) & that may at least pe part of the lymphatic congestion issue.
Hey, thanks for your your meticulous research and candid explanation. The doctors told me to get on a low carb diet. I saw the vegan diet experts, but had doubts about how that could be low carb. But improving insulin sensitivity makes sense. I don't think it has to be an all or nothing approach. But slow adjustments to eat healthier can make a difference.
For time in range, do you use a range that includes post-meal readings (e.g., 70-180); or is your range the more tight 70-110 or something like that? It's not clear to me which range the 70% goal is for. Thanks!
I have a feeling he is talking about the 70% goal in the 70-180 range that many doctors say is what diabetics should strive for, but I am sure since his average blood sugar numbers and A1c are much lower that he is typically not near the 180 mark. I am sure his range of blood sugar that he normally stays in is much lower
I’ve done this diet and got my A1C down to 5.3% as a type 1. Time in range 80-90% consistently. It works. I’ve fallen off the wagon unfortunately but intending fully to get back to it
Absolutely fantastic method. As I've been a Type one Diabetic fro greater that 73 years and in my teens paid no attention to insulin or food intake, my kidneys now are showing some stress. I find I don't eat Bannas at all, and feel just terrible when I do. So I switch to another methode like three or four Grapes to add the sweetness to some dishes. In addition there are many things like dates, (very small quantity) to add the little seetness to the dish. This was a great Video which I appreciated so very much.
Wooow 73 years!!!! You are a surviver. Have you ever had diabetic complications?
You don't drink cows milk right? Terrible for you
I NEVER DRINK COWS MILK. THATS IS AN ANIMAL AND NOT FIT FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION, additionally all cows mild has sugar added to entice children to drink their milk. ugggg. @@CrabbyPattydelight
Oh yes however treated all with diet and exercise. I make sure I complete 30 min. moderate exercise. I have only began seriously looking after myself in the past 20 years. In my earlier life I did everything including drinking alcohol, Drugs of all kinds and not watching my way of eating and all the other stuff. I now have matured enough to understand I was put here on this earth to complete and journey. I know am extremally focused on taking care of myself. This includes, to a large extent, my mental well being. This contributes the most healing effects I experience. @@iremalan5088
After 25 years of being a Type 2 and basically eating a low-carb diet, I was like you in having a carb splurge every couple of weeks. I saw this video and decided to try a breakfast like yours. I used instant steelcut oats instead and sprinkled a little allulose on with the cinnamon. Made mine with half a banana, a small Clementine orange, blackberries and a generous amount of blueberries. I saw my blood sugar shoot instantly up to 240. But it shot instantly down!! 90 minutes after eating, I was 116! My husband and I were in shock. That really works! Thank you so much for sharing what you learn.
I heard someone talking about this before, that with fruit you get that immediate spike, but quickly it drops. Apparently, the issue in the video I was watching was that a long spike equaled weight gain.
Excellent detail.❤
The the surge down is expected after eating so much sugar. The problem is is the highs and lows that your blood sugar is doing do you want your blood sugar to be consistent and not have those highs and lows. Every time you do that it hurts the body. I would rethink what this young man is saying abouthis eating pattern. Your body needs fat your brain needs fat and protein.
@@sherrys.4595these meals contain protein and fat. You are in denial, but the truth is that we do not need animal derivatives to live well.
Wow! Love your discipline and trying out new ways of finding out investigating what works best and how to make recipes for a great lifestyle. Thank you so much. Appreciate your hard work and this video encouraging me to send information to my diabetic sisters.
Thanks for sharing your experience. I ask you if you use a pump? In case you do not do it, I will ask you if in this experience of eating foods with low glycemic indices, you did not have a tendency to hypoglycemia when you apply rapid insulin, since the action time of rapid insulin always beats digestion slow. Thank you!
Good for you! I'm a vegan; and I have weight issues and definitely get the shakes if I've eaten too much of some white bread or potatoes or pasta. Pretty sure I'm an undiagnosed hypoglycemic. So I'm always trying to figure out the best way to eat. You've inspired me to try more fruit with breakfast. I've also made the chia seeds/milk/fruit treat! It's nice! I go through stretches of eating lots of salads with chick peas for lunch. Nites are typically a bean burger (always with vegetables). Lately I make my own coleslaw (organic) with apples & raisins & sessame seeds....Also I make a hummus (with onion, garlic, veganese). I like it a lot. My downfall is when the holidays come around and there's lots of chocolate and cakes and deserts in general. Once I start eating that stuff it takes weeks before I quit it. It's like I'm an addict when it comes to that. Anyway, thanks for your video! I hope CRISPR technology or something comes up with fixing Type 1. 🙂 P.S. I live in New York.
This is a great video. I'm not diabetic but stumbled across this video and am so glad I did. I've cycled on and off Vegetarian Keto for weight loss and then done a vegan diet before going back to Vegetarian Keto for more weight loss. However, I always feel clearer and more vibrant on a vegan diet. I need to recommit to a vegan diet again and your video has inspired me.
If you are looking for some professionals to get help from. The authors of Mastering Diabetes are both great researchers. They are both type 1 diabetic as well.
@@marley7659 They really aren't "great researchers". They are vegan activists looking to make a ton of money in the process. A good bit of the legitimate research finds that many diabetics do better on low carb diets than low fat diets. I was diagnosed in 1998 and started reading books about diabetes shortly after. I haven't spent a night in the hospital yet. I'm not a vegan. My last A1C was 6. Good luck though of course either way.
@@jackschitt6235 are you type 1 or type 2? my sister is type 1 and been going thru the same symptoms this guy describes while on keto. She has felt like crap and then will cheat and eat some carbs then the sugars skyrocket and will feel bad.. try keto again .. then cheat.. repeat. I am going to recommend those books to her and see if she will switch. Guessing her insulin resistance is truly out of whack now. Also mean't to note. she was fine for about 6months on keto. No issues.. then the symptoms kicked in..
@@ghostinc7 That's a long story actually. My diagnosis was type 2 in 1998. A few years ago I had to start with a new Endocrinologist and he changed my diagnosis to type 1. This was based mostly on a low c-peptide test result number. The test tells you how much insulin your body is still able to make on its own. I really might be more of a type ONE.5 though but supposedly that's more of an unofficial thing still currently. Type 2 diabetics can experience a decreasing ability to make insulin as the years go by and that is called beta cell burnout. Not all type 2 diabetics are obese and still making the normal amount of insulin but have insulin resistance. Many type 2's eventually need insulin too even if they have long since gotten interested in "healthy" diet and weight management etc. She should read Diabetes Solution by Dr Bernstein who is both a medical doctor and a type ONE diabetic since 11 who is now 88! He's even still active here on TH-cam. I don't know if there's a test a doctor could run to see if she is failing to consume enough of a specific necessary nutrient that could be responsible for her not feeling well.
What does one eat on "vegetarian keto" when keto to most means you eat little to no carbs and live on mostly protein and fat from meat and cheese and eggs and fish etc?
Whole foods (grains, fruit, veg, etc.), are great for managing post prandial serum glucose levels. There are numerous studies showing that consuming fibre actually improves insulin sensitivity too.
Every time learning something new. Thank you for sharing your experience. Do you do regular sport activities either?
Hi, I have tried this diet too after being low carb. Even after a couple months of following it, I still spiked pretty high and drop very low fast, and my A1C went up a few points. I love vegetables and fruit, so it was not hard for me to eat this way. I feel it is really is more healthy, but even taking half of my usual insulin dose, I would still drop pretty low. I am a type 1 and watch a toddler during the day, so I was worried about having a bad low while he was in my care. How long were you on this diet before the highs and lows started to decease? I find both Dr Bernstein and Mastering Diabetes too restrictive, but find low carb, and having low glycemic fruits sparingly is more realistic for me so far.
You should try the kempner diet
@@JJCZINNER, I will research it. Thanks
I looked at the Mastering Diabetics way a while back and although intriguing, it did not produce the desired results for me in the short term, but I did not persist, so who knows. My diet was similar to what you seem to be doing. I wonder if you have taken the protein conversion into account in the calculations you were doing for the ratio of insulin to carbs. 2 to 1 seems really low. I read a good book by Dr. Brenstein called the "Diabetes Solution". It recommends a low carb diet, but also suggests allowing for 1 unit of insulin for every two onces of protein (60grams). It is because with a low carb diet, protein breaks down into the carb chain for energy and the amino acid for the protein part. If you allowed for this you might find that you ratio was actually quite a bit better on your original diet.
Very compelling video Tom, nice one! But I'm a rubbish cook.....any idea how long I will wait for some of those recipes you mentioned??
Hello their, how many units of long acting
Do you usually take morning and during evening time?
Mine i take morning time only @8 AM
10 units of tresiba.
And 4-6 units before meals of fast acting insulin.
Thank you love from the Philippines 🇵🇭
I was diagnosed pre-diabetic about 4 months ago and struggled to get my morning numbers below 100. They've been around 114- 118 I just started this vegan diet and my morning fasting number was 104 and I'm thrilled. Intend to pursue this diet. Curious though, you did mention you're going to add in a few things like seafood Etc I'm wondering how that's going for you because I'd like to at least add eggs in the morning just to get that extra protein and B12. Did adding back in a few animal or sea food items affect your blood sugar levels
Can you tell us about your numbers now?
I am gaining weight like never before and I’ve considered just keeping my sugars high to lose my weight but I’m going to try this instead. Thank you from the bottom of my heart ❤️
Hello! Do you know if this book (Mastering Diabetes) is available in Portuguese? I am a type one from Brazil and wanted to give this book as a present to my mother, who is also a Type One (type "Lada", actually). I searched online for the Portuguese version but couldn't find it... Do you have any clue if the book is available in other languages? Thank you!
Great video. Thanks much. I’ve been gravitating towards this type of eating. Not there yet, but still trying.
I am not sure if this diet will work for me. I am a new diabetic and still finding my way.
However, what I find amazing is your dedication to experimentation, your clear explanations, and your open scientific mind. You are a very impressive asset on social media. Bless you.
This would definitely work, but you have to keep your fat intake to an absolute minimum or it won’t work. It’s fats that drive insulin resistance & block glucose uptake into the cells. I have found through experimentation that the less fat I consume, the less insulin I need. Anything that reduces insulin resistance & improves insulin sensitivity is a great thing.
As you transition & cut out excess fats & oils, the body starts to pull out ectopic & visceral fat & plonk it in the bloodstream for elimination. That can trigger a temporary period of higher insulin resistance.
But once the excess rogue fat is eliminated, it’s much easier for the glucose to enter the cells & insulin sensitivity can them improve - often quite dramatically. My insulin intake went from 50+ units per day to just 20-25 or less within 4 weeks of transitioning from high fat Keto to low fat plant-based.
Whilst some people can tolerate a little far or oil, others (like me) need to be totally added fat/oil free in order to lose weight & get blood sugars under control. I suspect that may well be due to having very clogged & congested lymphatic systems (fats are processed via the lymph). Many of us have been avid consumers of processed seed oils (that turn to varnish when heated) & that may at least pe part of the lymphatic congestion issue.
If you are a human being it will definitely work for you
@@richardjackson5380 It's typical carnist mental defense mechanisms against change or even thinking about diet. He's not concerned that the diet wouldn't work, he's concerned he won't work the diet.
I appreciate your analytical approach to your diet. Also, I appreciate your forthrightness. Your results on this vegan diet seem very impressive. My question is, how can you compare your vegan results against your low carb results when you admit that you were drinking a lot before but finally quit drinking alcohol 6 months ago? I would think that the load on your liver from the alcohol could affect your carb to insulin ratio. Would you be willing to take the same challenge of 180 days low carb without any alcohol?
Good point.
Thank you. Very good point and comment. I am considering trying "clean keto" for 180 day (of course without alcohol, etc.). I am worried it would throw me off. I am on a good track now. Need to give it some more thoughts. Thanks again!
Wow thank you so much for making that video! So helpful to see your actual numbers and meals
Great video! Where are the links to the meals you’ve shown here? I would love to try this.
Great thank you for sharing. I am currently on a low carb diet but i have the same as you.. whenever i "cheat" my glucose level are going crazy :/ good to see that i am not alone
Same. I truly think the keto diet has ruined alot of things for me. I feel miserable and just a simple carb will cause sugars to spike.
Congratulations!! This is remarkable, I agree with you that a strict carb controlled diet is hard to sustain in the long term but please also take into consideration that the weight loss is also a factor for less insulin need and resistance
The weight loss is one of the main factors, for sure. Fiber, etc. helps, and if you're going to lose weight a whole plant foods diet would be the healthiest way to do it, long term.
Yes, but the main reason is that when eating WFPB, the cells (mainly muscle/liver cells) can finally get rid of the saturated fat/cholesterol accumulated inside them, called Intramyocellular lipids (IML), since they are no longer being consumed (they mainly come from animal products/processed foods/oils). Since these IML's were inactivating insulin receptors, they start to function well again over time. The cells become insulin sensitive, and start taking in the glucose from the bloodstream normally again, lowering HA1C levels, and thus reversing T2D (and lowering the amount of insulin that T1D's need).
In a nutshell, this is the mechanism for how it works. Unfortunately, most people- even doctors are simply unaware of this mechanism, as it's not taught in med schools, and that's by design- more patients (customers) on meds= more $$$ for big pharma. As a med student myself, I'm glad I've learned the Truth about this and other benefits of WFPB Nutrition, from my role models- Dr. Joel Fuhrman, Dr. Michael Greger, Dr. Neal Barnard, Dr. Brooke Goldner. Dr. Saray Stancic, and many more. I am now much better equipped to help patients get to the root cause of disease, get off meds, optimize their health and longevity, etc.! Knowledge is power, and using it to save lives is priceless :)
Good morning. Where can I find the recipes you refer to in this video? Thank you.
I'm so glad you posted this, it's such helpful info, thanks!
Tried your plant-based approach in May, June, July and it shot me from high normal/borderline prediabetes to the diabetes range; switched to ketogenic/strict carnivore, and BS totally normal (4,2 fasting, 5.1 postprandial), H1AC went back to 4.3 from 7 on the plant-based/vegan, time in range went back to 100% when zero carb from 30% when vegan on c. 150 g carbs again. To be honest, I was feeling so sick when doing the vegan thing but I persevered as my main concern was not so much the BS but some autoimmune issues.
Your experience is pretty unusual but individual reactions can be really unpredictable, can they?
Whole plant foods high in fiber works better than keto. If you eat vegan foods that are not whole foods you'll not get enough fiber and your insulin will spike. His results are not unusual. There are vegans eating 300g of carbs a day and controlling their insulin and weight.
We have a carnidiot here
Thanks very much for this video. I am a type 2 diabetic for the last 5 years... I am always on the low carb, carnivore diet trying to control my blood sugars.... I badly can walk, very tired indeed. Just go to work, comeback to bed. I started drinking vitamins like B12, Vitamin C, D3...Started to feel a little better... Watching your video, I remembered that after my diabetes diagnose, I wasintroduced to a Low Fat diet, eating vegetables, fruits, exercise, that time I lost almost 2 stones. But after watching all the doctors on the internet advising us diabetics to go carnivore and low carb...I started doing that ever since...Oh Dear!!! So, from today I will start a low fat diet again and eating a delicious breakfast like you're doing...I am a follower of your videos, a subscribed follower...I admire your courage on fighting your diabetes type 1, I wish you well...
HI Maria, I am a 70 year old man. I was type II diabetic for 8 years. I reversed it in 2018 by going vegetarian & intermittent fasting 8/16. I wish you well. Peace, love & good health to you
@@johnthompson16 Hello John! Thanks very much for your kind words related to my health. Yes, seems going to a vegetarian diet the best way to me to go from now...Since yesterday I started eating oats, fruits for breakfast, a nice Chickpea and spinach stew for lunch and dinner. I. Will bring vegetarian meals to eat at my lunch time at my work and try do some exercise. Life is worth living... All the very best to you too!
You need to loose weight to get rid of your T2 diabetes. If you loose 25-30 pounds regardless of the diet your blood sugar wil become normal again. You won't need your medicines anymore. And you can then keep your weight steady with easy and tasty "mediteranian diet".
Those diets here are maybe too extreme and are not necessary for T2 diabetes.
@@johnthompson16 I guess you lost some significant weight. 90% of people reverse their T2 diabetes with weght loss of 25+ pounds. No need for complications with big words and special "diets". Loose weight,get better.
All positive effects come from calorie restriction effects,including diabetes improvement. And you won't loose weight until you limit your calories. That's known for 60 years.
The best diet is the one you can stick to according to your taste. Once normal weight,the medit.diet gives the longest life expectancy. Not one "keto" fanatic lived to a hundred. And vegans max out at 90. All centenarians eat similar diets and live similar lives: (Okinawa,Sardinia,greek islands). 85%good carbs,10%protein,5% fat. Lots of local fruits and vegs,moderate activity,lots of outside time,healthy oils,friendly community,fresh air. None live in the cities.
P.S. I reversed my T2 diabetes in six months after loosing 30 pounds. I fasted and ate as little as I could. It was "get'r done" diet. My T2D is still gone one year later - no refined sugars,cookies,sweet drinks,but I eat some breads,pasta,potatoes,rice. All fine so far. And my weight is still slowly dropping. I could loose 20 pounds more to get to my ideal weight last time seen when I was 18.
@@ms-jl6dl Thanks for your kind advice. I will do that and I think you are absolutely right.
Ty can you please share how many unit of insulin was u taking with your fruit salad before the vegan diet and how much are u taking now to cover your carbohydrates and also can you do a video on how to do the 24 hour fasting recommend by the Doctors
How do you figure out how much carb and fat to include? Do you weigh items or use an app?
Thank you so much for sharing this. I am also a type 1 diabetic and tried eating keto and wound up in the emergency room at deaths door. I knew better, not sure why I bought into that hype. I have spent my whole life eating low carb, but as you said that can be hard to maintain. I am going to try your approach and hopefully get as good of results as you did. This is scary for me, I don't think I have ever eaten more than 75 carbs in a day LOL, so eating 300 or more, doesn't really register in my mind. But, I am going to try the whole foods plant based vegan approach, you have encouraged me!!!!!! I have hardly ever eaten any fruits but various berries, being able to eat a fruit bowl like that has me really excited. LOL
Hey, how did keto put you in the emergency room?
I'm also t1d. I've spoken to some people on youtube videos, and some said they've been able to completely get off insulin (and they confirmed they were type 1, some for many years. They knew the language). Most just lower the insulin they take, but it seems there's some hope out there. And lots of danger too.
@@theforgedone Those folks may have been T1.5, recently diagnosed with soome pancreas activity left. A true T1 cannot produce insulin and cannot survive without it. I'm T1 (35yrs) LF-WFPB vegan for 7 yrs and counting :-) .
Dejaste la insulina cuando intentaste hace ceto ?? Porque la cetoacidosis se produce por días de glucosa sostenidos sin insulina
Wow you are very strong with your eating habits and for that it is so useful for the people that are so much more lazy.
Thank you for that…
I’m type1 and a vegetarian and my nurse is asking me to try and cut out carbs, which I am, but your video has made me think more about what’s better for me?
I as a nurse say natural carbs are good. Processed carbs are not good.
I have been experimenting with plant based guidelines for about 6 weeks. Honestly, I waiver from time to time with meat, cheese, and eggs but not often. My experiment started after reading How Not To Die by Dr. Greger and seeing the Forks over Knives and What the Health films. I am type one and wear a pump with CGM that speaks to my phone and pump. With a just a few plant based diet diet guidelines and the ability to see my results real-time on my phone, my next A1C will be about 6.4, down from 8.3 a few months ago. Like you, I make my decisions based on my own experiences and don't really care what the 'health experts' have to say. I am just curious if you use insulin according to total carbs or net carbs? I've always used total carbs, but thinking I should consider net carbs instead since I am eating tons of vegetables, beans, and fruit. You have good information in your videos and I enjoy watching them.
Hi I washed most of your videos and I've been using the freestyle libre 2 for 3 weeks now. Today I was receiving low glucose alarms but when I got back home I made a blood test that gave me 116 mg/dl but at the same time I got a sensor reading of 56 mg/dl
What could be wrong?
I'll appreciate if you give me your opinion.
George
Very good observarion of test bias/ not proper reading, should be kept in mind
Thanks
I have the Libre2, and get high readings alot with the sensor. Alerted me of high glucose 243, took the strip test, and was 126. I dont depend on the Libre2 for my insulin, and still test with the strips. Notified Abbot with really no answers. My doctor just told me to contact Abbot and continue with strip testing and checked that it was in place correctly on my arm. Not impressed with the Libre2.
@@carriewittbrodt5072 Hi I called Abbott customer care and they seemed surprised about it. After many apologies they told me will send me a new sensor for free.
I wonder if freestyle libre 3 has better readings.
@@JorgeECruz-mb1vw Thank you. I'm going to call again. I gave the rep the numbers from the unit, but havent heard anything. I'm not sure the difference between the 2 and 3, but I will ask.
Hi, I use a libre 2 a d get a lot of low readings. I compare with blood sticks I get anywhere from 20 to 40 point difference. Have had a high failure sensor rate. Wondering if it's body chemustry that may be causing the problems. Not happy with libre 2 hoping libre 3 is better or may try dexcom.
Honestly I have the mastering diabetes book. I have chatted with these doctors from the book and they are all about a whole foodplant based diet staying away from process food. I went vegan awhile back and my insulin use really went down as opposed to eating the other ways. They are good and not fake . They are both a type 1 and 1.5 diabetics.
Good to see someone mentioning 1.5 diabetes. Thank you.
i have not read the book but did a lot of research in my own, i am type 1 since 3 years now, and my insulin intake went down by 50% after i stopped eating meat and most animal origin products (still have an omlete once in a while or some slice of cheese )
Hiw much fay are you eating now with your modification and is it still working?
Thx. For the videos.
Thank for sharing your story. Very resourceful specially those recipes you shared. Could finer h the key to lowering insulin?
Do you do any exercise after consuming all of those fruits for breakfast? My a1c is 5.6 recently down from 5.7. Fasting glucose 89 when I eat apples,grapes,pears my glucose can go up to 160! It does go back do n to 98 on its own but I really don't like my glucose going over 140. I've been experimenting with Mastering Diabetes for 3 weeks and finally started to lose my last 10 pounds. I've been keto for years but fear it has caused me to become insulin resistant. When I do overnight oats and only stick to berries my glucose does not spike as much. BUT when I have banana,apple,grape,pears it spikes so I go for a 20 minute walk to fix it. I'm not diabetic but statistics say since my mom is type II and I'm considered borderline pre diabetic I want to avoid it as long as possible.
So what do you decide to have for breakfast now?
I fill 1/2 my plate with steamed veggies, still have over night 2 tbsp oats in soy milk,ground chia seeds with vegan protein pwd. And sometimes PB2, Or a protein mug cake with berries. Alternate 16/8 fasting about 3-4 days a week. I hope to incorporate more fruit soon. I also noticed sprouting my mung and lentils seem to no longer spike my glucose. Could be low to no fat is working for me? Ezekiel tortillas turned to chips are my go to when I crave chips and salsa. Ezekiel toast with PB2 is no longer giving me big spikes! Now for some oil free sweet potatoes and mashed is my next "experiment" again.
Great video, thanks for sharing. Curious what diet was like when you were low-carb. Protein breads, like what is seen in the video tend to still be pretty high in carb. Also, were you doing any electrolytes when you were eating lower in carb? Low carb diets don't hold on to water like high carb diets do... so its very important to make sure you are getting salt in on a low carb diet... otherwise fatigue, brainfog, poor sleep, muscle aches can come.
I have been trying to eat a more whole foods plant based diet and am learning that the fibre that you get on WFPBD is the huge variable that not only improves blood sugar and weight control, but overall health. I am assuming your carb ratio is based on net not total carbs - correct?
So interesting and the meals you showed looked soo good! I couldn‘t find the link to the recipes. Can you help? Thanks for the fantastic content. Have been binge watching. I‘m
not diabetic but my Hb1c was a little high at my last checkup.
I was just diagnosed type 1 and I’m so glad to hear this story because how you’re eating- trying to cut out processed foods, no meat, maybe fish or eggs from time to time- is already how I ate before diabetes. I’m glad to know I can continue. Right now they say I’m in the honeymoon which is nice but I keep having lows as they’re adjusting my insulin little by little since when I left the hospital after DKA I was on a much higher dose.
How you ate before.. and can continue? Something doesn’t add up. Either you didn’t follow this diet or this diet will not help you specifically. Everyone’s body is different.
@@jeremiahcomer people told her to change her diet, she doesn’t have to she will remain fine
I'm allergic to everything you put in there except blueberries and bananas. Chia almost sent me to ER- I thought my gallbladder was going to be ripped out.
yeah that sucks, I'm allergic to bananas
Thank you for charing that experience. I was just recently diagnosed with type 1, but have been vegan for 7 years. I could not imagine going back to eating animal products. I'll have to try this diet.
How do you take your insulin for meals? Maybe it'll help me a bit..
I really respect your journey and your advocacy for your own health. I've come to learn in the last year that not one diet fits all and we must take our health into our own hands, do our own research and experiment to see what works best for our body at a certain time. I've also learned that the body needs variation and if we stick to one diet forever, the body stops progressing. I believe your body will give you signs/symptoms of what foods it needs at it's current state, we just have to listen.
I've been on Keto for over a year and it helped me get out of diabetic range but I'm still insulin resistant, very frustrating. So, Keto/low-carb diets are very effective to combat diabetes but it's not a cure all for some people. This is why it's so important not to be dogmatic with diet and to keep researching and educating one self 🙏🌿
There is no cure for diabetes. You have to keep eating right forever otherwise diabetes will be back full force. I found easier a balance diet with fibers, fruits, veggies, lean meat, fat free yogurt, nuts, olive oil, avocado. I eat way less and every 3 hours. Works very well for me. I take only 1g metformin at night, exercise 5 days a week and so far so good 🎉AC1 5.2 or less
Type 1 is different and I understand that 😊. Mine is type 2. I eat 0% processed food. 0% really . I cook my own food, always
Two observations:
Advice good for everyone - eliminate processed foods.
CGM‘s are very useful.
If You freeze food, its considerd processed…
Avoiding chemicals in foods👍
Yes, CGM are a game changer for sure. It removes the politics behind dietary guidelines because the machine is objective with no profit motives. A CGM is the best myth buster there is today.
This was a very interesting comparison between a low-carb diet and a vegan high-carb diet. My question is, were you taking insulin manually by injection, or were you using an automated insulin pump?
Where do I find this link for recipes?
have you tried grain free granola or grain free/oat free porridge? use Ground psyllium husk, chia, flax, cinnamon, unsweetened almond milk, hemp hearts, berries and even Ground Cauliflower or Courgette or lupin flakes 😀
Very good video. I use low fat plant based diet for the most part as well, and any time I veer away from it, my insulin needs go WAY up. I think more than anything for me, it's processed foods that are the killer. The plant based diet seems to work really well. And if it doesn't seem sustainable - a few suggestions I have would be to just try to be plant based 75% of the time. Or for example, if you're going about your weekly routine monday through friday, try to be plant based as much as possible. Then on the weekends, allow yourself to eat meet or whatever else. This seems to make it much more sustainable long term.
Lastly - for anyone just starting this - consider ramping up to full on plant based rather than jumping right into it. The main reason being that you're going to be eating a ton more fiber, and this can often caused bloating / gas and related symptoms that may make you feel miserable at first. Most times, the bacteria in your gut will adapt after a few days / weeks, so if you start with smaller portions at first, the symptoms may not be as severe.
Thank you Doug for sharing your dietary experience with the community. I also believe a plant based diet is crucial for much needed minerals and overall health.
Great content again!!! Please don’t forget to add links to recipes. Many thanks!!
Wow .. new sub having watched this .. love stats … although couldn’t find recipes … but no problem .. enjoyable content … and you’re funny 🥰💕
I'm also a Type 1 Diabetic and there is still some people who think if you eat well you can reverse diabetes but not Type 1 it's not a lifestyle disease, Type 2. Still it's good to eat healthy. I also been on a low carb diet and found I was tired so definately going to try this very informative thank you. Can you please give us the receipe's for these meals as I couldn't find the links below for these. Thank you
Hard to believe
Type 2 is a lifestyle disease from eating bad for years. Type 1 is an autoimmune disease. I think you got your facts backwards.
This is fantastic. Really appreciate you putting this up. I've wanted to try this type of diet for a while but refuse to pay to follow a program. So I've been reluctant to try without any genuine insight from someone, so thank you for this. Definitely helping the planet by adopting a more vegan diet, not necessarily full vegan. How many calories are you getting per day. ? I wouldn't want to lose weight
Thankyou for your concise experience and relating it in a open minded approach. I'm A older gentleman and type 2 and found high carb low fat diet gave me better results than keto without the craving for carbs! I did each for 6 months I stayed with high carb and yes I do occasionally have a omelet or a chicken taco occasionally. I agree with no processed or minimal processed foods go a long way towards all manner of health!
Tried low carb to manage my blood sugar. Worked ok, especially since I wasn'ttaking any meds. But switched to WFPB in April 2023. Last 2 A1C's were 4.8% & 4.9%. I will have it checked again next week. Will be interesting since I got a little off track over the holidays. 😢
I have tried both and the biggest difference was the type of insulin I used. The low carb diet needs a lot of basal insulin and leads to low energy between meals. The vegan diet works but if I eat meats/fats there would be a spike in blood sugars 2-4 hours after the meal. This spike could be managed with a temp basal on my insulin pump.
Type 2 here on a low carb diet of < 20g carbs daily. Totally and completely off injectible insulin. I use to be on a regiment of 150 units of basal and 45 units of bolus per meal. Now totally zero and I haven't experienced spikes in glucose from eating proteins at all. Yes, it will rise a little for example I might be at 117mg/dl before meals and the proteins may raise it to 129mg/dl for two hours. Then my blood glucose levels flatlines back to 110-120mg/dl. If I have one banana, then I get a real spike of 180 to 220mg/dl. Even regular milk will do it so I switched to heavy creme and only in moderation for coffee.
You ever try R insulin on the low carb diet?
@@jcoughlin325 R = Regular. No need for it in low carb < 20g diet. I had to drop all insulin because I had four incidents of hypoglycemia. That's one of the benefits of a very low carb diet, I began shedding medications since now my own pancreas can deal with the small amount of glucose. Why inject something when my own body says to me, sit back bud, I got this. 👍
@@jcoughlin325 I was diagnose in 2004, but I had symptoms since the mid ninties such has skin tags and darkening of the skin. From 2004 to 2012 I was on oral medication only. I became insulin dependant in 2012 until July of 2022. I am type 2. Type 1 diabetics need insulin because their bodies can't produce it so it is a different scenerio for them. But it is possible to put type 2 diabetes in remission on low carb. But diabetes isn't gone. If I begin to eat the way I did as before, it will come back. Some TH-camrs refer to diabetes remission as diabetes reversal and to me that is misleading. It will still be the monster in the shadows and it will come out if you feed it bad food.
@@teknerd Cool ... 👍
Those meals look awesome! I can't believe you can eat all that fruit in the morning and not have your sugars spike like mad. I'd definitely try some of these meals.
If you don't eat meals with fat the night before then you can eat fruits in the morning with no issues. Fat mixed with fruit is where the problem occurs. Really interesting!
If youre not insulin resistant then your sugar will not spike that much
@@thejourneytoeden7486 I didn't know that! any kind of fat??
@@Johanna12345 in my experience any kind of fat seems to cause issues when mixed with carbs. Not everyone has this issue, but some people aren't great at digesting fats.
@@thejourneytoeden7486 That's helpful. I'll give it a shot!
Thank you for sharing your experience.
Thankyou for sharing ☺🥰👌 so going to try this, always enjoy watching your channel. 💖
This is very interesting. But you might be metabolically healthy aside from your pancreas not producing insulin. I started showing signs of insulin resistance at 16. 9 months ago I was diagnosed type 2. I'm 39. I looked into both methods very low fat whole foods approach and the very low carb ( less than 20g carb) approach. I chose low carb. I went from A1c of 11 to now an A1c of 5.7. Lost 70lbs too. Clearly I wasn't metabolically healthy and hadn't been for a while. It may not be possible to restore the right level of insulin sensitivity necessary in someone like me. I do wish Both sides of this issue could come together and work on this as a team. Maybe it's not an either/or answer. Maybe for someone like me going low carb to get the blood sugars under control and staying low carb most of the time is good, but cycling into a low fat whole foods way of eating for a few months every year to improve insulin sensitivity would be optimal. I wish there was research with both sides working together to solve this for people.
I'm not diabetic, but after watching Forks Over Knives and What the Health in August 2020, I went whole food plant based immediately after. I did the same - just tried it to see what would happen. Well, I lost 28 pounds in 4 months without exercising. My Hb1c is at 5.6%, my blood sugar is at 72.
Also, by bad cholesterol, LDL, dropped to 61.
I feel less fatigued. And the inflammation in my body was greatly reduced (that was the best part).
Really, I'm just trying to clean out my arteries after 48 years of eating a high saturated fat diet.
LDL is not “bad” cholesterol. What causes heart disease is the cause of intaking other garbage which causes LDL to oxidize. Sugar, Processed foods, smoking and alcohol are all the drivers to heart disease and inflammation. Stop blaming LDL. Your triglycerides and VLDL are better determining factors for heart disease.
This is great info, you do a great job helping us diabetics. Thank You.
Wow, very interesting. I like you was and am once again doing low carb. I love that you experiment and teach us about diabetes. It is never ending. I appreciate your insight and showing what all the options can be. Thank you.
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Nuts and seeds are not abundant in nature, we are not designed to eat high quantity of them, return them to the yellow category. Eat maximum 2 animal meals per month. Your numbers will improve.
I'm still looking for the link to the recipes? I've now adopted this way eating and am enjoying all the food, having now stopped the LCHF way of eating.
Hi, recently diagnosed with type 2 and told the Dr. I would do it with nutrition. I'm vegetarian (was vegan 5 years ago but I struggled with cheese). Right now I am low carb vegetarian to show him I can improve and I have. After two months nearly all my values are normal, but I know this is not sustainable long term as low carb is tough in the real world of social gatherings or a restaurant celebration. How long do you think it will take someone who is not on meds or insulin to have a balances blood sugar with the way you are eating?
I appreciate your views and sharing with us the numbers etc, but please don't spread the misinformation, that your diet is better for the planet.
It is buddy. Meat is trash
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Im t1 too, my question is are you sure that its your insulin sensitivity that went up, and its not a digestion issue? I dont trust the carbs on fruits, i always go low from banana and other greens / vegetables if i go by the nutrition label. Lets say you drink a 20g carb worth of sugary drinks, do you need less insulin for that too compared to your old diet?
Also, imo you should not count basal insulin into the ratio. If you go by just calculating it with bolus, you get a 10:1 insulin ratio with your low carb diet, junk food diet the same 10.5:1 insulin ratio, and plant based diet 18:1 ratio. But this is where my question comes in that is the human body even capable of digesting 100% of those carbs from fruit, or only lets say 60% of it. The weight loss needs to be explained if you eat the same amount of calories overall.
If you eat a greenish banana and count the normal carbodhydrates of a banana then ofc you will need fewer insulin per carbohydrate. I am really sceptical about the resulst of this experiment. My go to way of questioning information about diets is: what did the stone age humans (pre neolithic revolution) eat. And I can't see the abdunace of so many sweet fruits in their diet.
@@xxxy912 Not green, normal yellow banana. Same with oats, i count only with 65% of advertised carb count, while with pasta/bread whatever i count 100%.
@@magyararon6918 - I stay away from all of that now . Low carbohydrate works for me .
Best wishes ... 👍
The only thing missing is the transitional numbers. If my glucose spikes and the numbers go off the charts is that normal or a sign?
How much insulin did u take the first days? When did u change your insulin amounts. Was it gradual?
It may be good for Diabetes management, but as far as I know a low fat diet is not healthy. Your body needs fat for nearly everything it does, it is necessary. I dont think eating this way is healty in the long run, and I have not even mentioned the lack of protein you will automatically have by eating this much carbs. I am not a doctor though, maybe I am missing something here.
So your insulin sensitivity also went up (from 2 to 5) when you stopped eating the low carb diet and moved into your "break"? Are you sure the carb/insulin ratio is as important as you think it is?
Thank you for sharing your experience. Was just wondering, did you require that amount an insulin from the beginning or did it take time for your insulin sensitivity to improve/adjust to this diet? Anyone who has done this diet please share your answers!
He said in the video that his insulin sensitivity quickly improved toward the end, that it actually suprised him, and therefore, he needed less insulin quite quickly.
@@ash9259 Thank you, I definitely rushed to comment before watching the whole thing lol
I really enjoy your videos being a type1 diabetic myself, but respectfully totally disagree with this eating method. In my humble opinion, we are not designed to eat this much sugar especially when diabetic. It makes no difference where the glucose or fructose comes from (fruits, plain sugar ,or breads) they are all converted to its most simple form which is glucose. High glucose is toxic whichever way you put it. I am glad you are able to process it with less insulin. In fact, I think your insulin sensitivity is due to the low carb diet you followed prior to changing it. I suspect your insulin sensitivity will change over time from being constantly challenged with so much carbs , I hope I am wrong for your sake! Yes the combination of fats with carbs is the worst, so processed food is awful for that fact and eating clean unprocessed food is good, but in my opinion eating more carbs is not the answer. I personally have total control of the diabetes with very low insulin usage on a very low carb animal protein based diet, but as you say everyone is different! Cheers!
It makes a huge difference where the glucose or sucrose comes from. Eating whole food plants brings fiber and other nutrients with the glucose or fructose. The body reacts very differently to whole plants than it does to sugar (which is highly processed), bread (also processed), and other processed foods.
So our ancestors ate meat at every meal without the most readily available food of fruits and vegetables?
@@rksnote9635 You do realize that agriculture is only a few thousand years old right? Our ancestors were hunters and gatherers . Sure they gathered nuts and berries that were in season, but had to select things that were non poisonous (most vegetables have some toxins to protect them from being eaten), and they certainly didn't have food supplements to keep them from being deficient in essential elements
@@rksnote9635 they were eating meat very rarely as that was the most energy consumming activity aka to hunt. And with no fridge to store it, they only ate the meat in one, max two seatings. Watch Dr Gundry, he makes the most sense with diets.
@@olddouchebag Please enlighten me with your credentials Rob, since you seem to know and gauge my knowledge from a simple comment.
Eating so much carbs as a diabetic is insane
The solution is to eliminate fats and animal protein. Read Mastering Diabetes