I’m a type 2 diabetic and have been since March 2013. I currently live in Portsmouth with my fiancee.
The medication I currently take is:
- Metformin
- Ramparill
- Simvastatin
- Insulin
- Exenatide
But recently I have come across a diet completed by Newcastle University. On this diet I am only allowed to consume 800 calories a day. This is a substantial reduction in the amount of intake for me, as a male I should normally be having 2000 calories roughly. 600 calories from meal replacement shakes and soups and 200 calories from green vegetables. They also say to drink around 3 liters of water or calorie free drinks per a day.
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Good luck lad, rather you than me. Get some whole food low carb good grub down ya neck, you know it makes sense, why fight it !
Eddie
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This is a banquet for Sid. The portion control man.
The only problem with Sid's diet he is close to bedridden, and his calorie requirements are that of a trainee corpse.
Only saying !
Eddie
so sad. so lead astray. Meat and veggies. Eggs. Some nuts and seeds. An occasional fruit. SO EASY. So nutritious and healthy!
I am the blog owner, I took it upon myself as nothing is working and I'm getting annoyed that nothing is working in terms of the medication. Please keep reading my blog. Thanks :D
Pompey,
You cannot expect medication as the answer to your problems, you have to put some effort in yourself with regard to foods and testing.
I have yet to read a Newcastle Diet has worked after the 8 weeks because people are not learning how to control diabetes but are given a starvation diet to lose weight on. You may not put the weight back on immediately but what will it teach you about food choices?
I have made drastic changes to my diet. I home cook everything, nothing comes out of a packet. I only eat sweet stuff once in a month or two months. I never have sugar in my tea or anything. I exercise regularly whether it be walk, jogging or cycling.
How many carbohydrates do you eat per day?
Normally I'm in agreement with almost everything you post, Eddie, but I find the Newcastle Diet stuff to be pretty convincing as a kickstart for change. I wish I'd found out about it when I was first diagnosed and started dieting. There are reports of people using a real food version of it and it making big changes for them. I can understand why someone who is desperate to lose weight and/or come of ghastly meds would want to try it:
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/may/12/type-2-diabetes-diet-cure
I also found Professor Taylor's paper on the subject pretty convincing - and they have the MRI scans to back up their theories:
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/781719 -
(you need to join up to read it - you can join for free as a consumer, not as an HCP)
http://www.ncl.ac.uk/magres/research/diabetes/reversal.htm
I've no doubt that if people who've done the diet go back to exactly how they were eating before that they'll end up in the same place they started - but the researchers make it clear that regaining weight will null the effect.
I don't quite get why you're so against it - as Dr Bernstein says, "what works, works" - if it works for people, more power to them. Far better than doing nothing or guzzling drugs believing they'll save you, IMO.
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