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Post by stefan on Sept 7, 2015 22:01:56 GMT 7
Hi!
I wonder if anyone have any doctors that is supportive of low carb diet, I started in January 2015 and have improved my HbA1c from 7.9 range to 5.8 as a type 1 for over 35 years!
I did email all goverment hospitals to ask if anyone had experience with or would support a low card diet but basically got answers back that it is not anything that they would support.
My diet is a ketogenic/LCHF/Bernsten/Atkins type diet, I try to be be in the 15-30g carb per day. My doc was very anti but after showing a HbA1c of 5.8 last time she was less negative :-) but still she have no experience what so ever in dealing with low carb diabetes. Anyone with good experience?
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Post by henry on Sept 26, 2016 23:56:50 GMT 7
Unfortunately, there are no doctors or health experts in Singapore who will believe in low carb diet or low carb high fat diet. For your case of having type 1 diabetes, you will need to inject insulin if you take food with carbohydrate. With your present diet, I presume you will only need a minimum of insulin injection per day. If your HbA1c reading is 5.8, it is as if like a normal person. But because you have type 1 diabetes, you will still have high blood sugar after a meal, especially if you eat food with carbohydrate.
I have been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes about 4 years ago with a HbA1c reading of 10.8. After taking Metformin for 4 months, my HbA1c reading dropped to 6.3. My doctor did not advise me to take a low carb diet, only recommended that I cut down or not consume sugar. I continued to take metformin but my HbA1c remained at around 6.0 to 6.4. After 2 years, I asked my doctor how long will I have to continue taking Metformin. She told me I have to continue taking Metformin for the rest of my life in order to control my blood sugar. Just control my blood sugar ? I was shocked to hear this answer. I did not accept this answer. So, I searched on Youtube to find answers. After researching on Youtube, I found there were a lot of information about curing diabetes type 2 by not eating food with carbohydrate. I cut out carbohydrate in my diet and my HbA1c was down to 5.3 to 5.6. My doctor stopped prescribing Metformin to me. I have since stopped taking Metformin and is taking LCHF diet.
As we can see in our newspapers, there are no doctors or health experts who believe that diabetes type 2 can be cured. They only know how to use drugs to control blood sugar and all the big pharmas make a lot of money. Every year, more and more people will have diabetes type 2. The government will be spending more and more money every year for health cost.
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Post by peterw on Oct 4, 2016 15:48:50 GMT 7
Singapore doctors still have to learn. There's a new wave coming on with LCHF and some countries like South Africa coming quick forward now. Even US and UK have some changes now. Big Pharma still need money to survive and doctors are sponsored. People have to push their doctors because we pay them the salary. www.dietdoctor.com |
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