I am in the process of reversing my Type 2. I have done every diet you can name, seen general practitioners, internal med docs, and endocrinologists. I fired the last endo I had last year, when I said I wanted to try to reverse by diet and exercise, and he told me diabetes is a progressive disease and I would end up on insulin eventually. Buy the books by Jason Fung MD and Ken Berry MD. Watch their videos on YouTube. Also Dr. Sten Eckberg. Also videos by a minister on "Beat Diabetes". I have eliminated all sugars and carbohydrates, just meat and eggs and some dairy and a few veggies. Also intermittent fasting. I've done three, four, and five day fasts. Late 2021 my A1C was over 10. A month ago it was 6.1 and I am sure it's lower now. I have lost 30 pounds since starting this late January of 2022. I am off of everything but 1000 mg of Metformin. I'm sure I will be off that with a little more effort. I regularly check my blood sugar. I am a sugar addict and I still crave donuts and other crap. But fasting, after the first day, is not that hard. Throw away all sugar, syrup, and rice/pasta/potatoes. I eat a little fruit (berries), nuts (no peanuts!). Meat (chicken, fish, seafood) eggs, use butter, olive oil, coconut oil, ghee, bacon grease. Avocados. Throw away cannola oil, safflower oil, no seed oils. No beans! No bananas. No oats. No flour. Yeah it sucks to think I can't eat fried chicken and biscuits and cinnamon rolls and banana pudding but I'd rather go without them than I would fingers, or toes, or feet!! I eat about 20 net grams of carbs or less a day. I haven't felt this good in twenty years. Good luck.
the docs I mentioned will caution you about taking certain meds for diabetes and fasting. Metformin won't let your glucose level bottom out, but others will so be careful and talk to your doc when you can! Very low blood sugar can hurt you bad.
Last edited by soalaturkeys; 06/09/22 12:04 PM.
