Diabetes under control without medicine- true story.

[Sugu]

I am a living example of controlling type 2 diabetes through low carb diet and excercise. I recently joined the diabetes club detecting blood sugar for the first time in April last. About 10 months before that I was not diabetic. But when detected, I was very high on BG 290 (FBS) and 390 (PP) with HBA1C 13.

Immediately I switched to very low carb (100 to 140 g a day) and excercise- walking for 1 hour and doing praanayaama and simple excercise with my arms and wrists. I have problem with my right leg due to hip fracture and I had probelm in left leg due to prolapsed lumbar intervertebral discs. These limit my excercise options.

Within 15 days of changed diet and lifestyle, my fasting and PP levels have come down to 130 and 150 respectively and HBA1C down to 10. For the last two and a half months, I have wonderful numbers-fasting ranging from 97 to 107 and PP 100 to 120. I will check HBA1C in the first week of August.

I also take home remedies every morning (1) keeping ladies finger soaked overnight and taking the water in the morning (2) one spoon fenugreek powder and (3) freshly prepared juice of bitter gourd, cucumber and tomato.

My breakfast comprises fried eggs (minus yolk), plus two slices of low carb sandwich bread (38 g carb/100 g)/dosa made of ragi or sorghum/cooked moong sprinkled with grated coconut/chickpea preparation. After the walk and excercise, I take a moderate helping of fruits comprising sliced strawbwrry and kiwi mixed with low fat (3.5%) yoghurt and 6-7 cherries (this is really delicious and meets your craving for sweets). I take a cup of rice during lunch with vegetables, chicken or fish. I take early dinner at 7 pm for which I rotate items every day veg sandwich, chickpea, moong, ragi, etc. I also enjoy an occasional drink in the late evening (one beer 330 ml 3.5% alcohol) or one glass red wine. I take salads with fatfree low carb dressings duing breakfats and lunch. I take plenty of nuts (choosing from cashew, peanuts, almonds, walnuts, hazelnuts and pistachios) for snacks. I take vegetable sandwich made of low- carb bread when feeing hungry in between. I take two cups of tea everyday made of low cream milk.

So mine is a Low Carb High Fibre Fiber diet. Yes, am seeing all the debate on the low carb high fat diet and think there is a lot of sense in the arguement in favour of LCHF stuff, but honestly speaking I am still scared to take fat. I am 65 and retired and remain very active with the above lifestyle and food. I have stabilized my weight at 66 kg for 167 cm height.

I am monitoring the blood glucose level twice a week and shall take medicines only and if I exceed the limits of blood sugar 110 (fasting) and 140 (PP). So far so good.

I learnt that curbing carb and excercising hold the key. The rest, including medicines play only suppotive roles

My strategy is to use only low GI carb food items (except the indulgance of one cup rice at lunch) and total carb not to exceed 100 to 140 g per day. I am sharing my experinece with others to get your adice and feedback.

[Noideep]

Sir,

Please let me know what is this low carb sandwitch bread.

[AMEEN in reply to Noideep]

It may be 'BROWN BREAD ' or 'WHOLE MEAL BREAD' . Understand that many Bakeries in India have started to prepare this kind of bread as the number of users are on the higher side now. Please check with the nearby Bakery.

[csjhawar]

Very right sir. Along with all these, I would also suggest some dhyan-pranayam and yogasan for perfection

[SNEHI]

KINDLY TELL" what is this low carb sandwitch bread"

[smishra016]

really wonderful sugu.Best wishes for sustainable relief.i am also diabitic.in past history was with very disturbed readings of BG.everytime i measured BG with some new hope and most of time readings increased my anxiety.I ate less ,walked a lot ,motivated self with new hopes but mostly got the things opposite to my expectations.Thanks to LCHF theory which i came to know 2 months back and felt convinced .to apply on self 15 -18 days back from today my readings are nearly 108-124/132-148 .Now I am on Madhunashini tab(2) before breakfast and Glimipride -1 tab(1) before dinner only.8 days before I was regularly taking Madhunashini tabs(2) ,and Glimipride-1mg tab (1) before breakfast Glimipride 1mg tab(1)before dinner and Piogliptazone 7.5mg tab(1)after dinner.Piogliptazone I stopped nearly 40 days back.About HbA1C i have to wait for two more months.(Last HbA1Cwas 9.5).Thanks to Healthunlocked.Anup ,kkmmss,,Medfree and all others sharing their experinces.

Subhash

[telef]

This is the one of the best posts

[Dryograjsinghkhetal]

As age increases our system tends to become weaker,that is why we should reduce our fat intake and increase our active life style without any tension.This is possible only to introduce exercises, yoga,dhyan and prayanam in moderation in our daily life activities as life style.You have done this well then fat also in moderate quantities you can take,but remember this fat should not be set idle in our body.Exercise make this task easy and this fat also give you some vital power without increasing your BS.If your BS,BP are not beyond their limits,and are well managed and controlled,then everything is OK and you can enjoy with some quantity of fat,I can bet nothing will be wrong with you.Because according to AYURVEDA,in diabetes all the three DOSHAS get imbalanced.Due to VAYU(VAT) dosh neuropathies occur,due to cough dosh metabolism get disturbed and due to PITTA our body tends to geting highly infection prone and delayed healing.So proper treatment requires a balanced combination of drugs of choice.Someone say that taking bitter guard regularly for a long duration can damage our KIDNEYS.Yes of course,it may also aggreivates neuropathic pains,because you are reducing your BS only and not managing the side effects of B. guard well,means B.guard increases VAT that is the one quality of DIABETES also.So take something well configured combination of drugs that not only balance all three DOSHAS,but control BS also.Taking B.guard only is not an ideal treatment.So consult your doctor first before taking any medicine,whether they are allopathic or ayurvedic.

[AMEEN]

There is . As far as I know, Brown bread or Whole meal bread is LOW CARB one.

[Sugu in reply to AMEEN]

Medfree, Snehi and Ameen,

I am in Stockholm for the last two months and will be here for another month. I have a lot of breads here to choose from. The one I use has 38% carb, against up to 70% in white breads and buns. I am sure back in India we might get these kinds of breads if we try. I will let you know once I get back to India about its availability. If we limit to two slices, even the whole wheat bread will not be bad. We should calculate the carb quantity and adjust the other carb food accordingly to keep intake of carbs within limits.

[AMEEN]

Your diet and exercise are good. But, be careful on Beer and Red wine. Moreover, you should try to bring down your HBAc1 from 10 to around 7. All the best wishes. NOORUL AMEEN, NEW MAHE

[rnpath]

your lab results appear unrealistic.check with another accredited lab for reliability.

unless you cut down on your weight and return to a low calorie diet as advised by your physician, i am afraid you are slowly progressing towards diabetes.

I appreciate what you are doing so far, but you need to do more, and go by your family physicians advice.

[Nane]

Dear Sir, pl do not alternate on medicine depending on single hike in sugar levels. Have a moderate medication or manage on diet. Good luck. Any decision should be based on an average data and not on individual spike in BS levels. Thanks.

[XANAL]

It feels great to hear you share such wonderful experience. I 've had the chance to feel what has been shared , True to say this was great an exp.

[Sugu]

Yes, the carb count is the important factor. You have a choice to take medicine and eat a lot of carb. Then the medicine dose goes up and finally you end up with insulin. If you can reduce carb, yes, you can have "king's diet". If you do not believe me, please come to Kochi when i return home next month, we will experiment together on the diet plan.

[AZEEMA]

ALL TALK ABOUT FOOD INTAKE WITH REGARD TO SUGAR LEVEL. BUT ANOTHER FACTOR FOR ELDERS IS''worry ''which increase sugar level.LET US NOT FEEL THAT WE ARE DIABETIC .EAT LESS always . early and little AS DINNER.if your fasting blood sugar level is comfortable you are lucky.