Type 2 Diabetes

[Mrs Steve R]

Thanks to you and NYC Blue for your replies. Regarding saturated fats, I first started thinking of trying to lose weight around thirty years ago and for about eighty to ninety per cent of that time, I tailored my diet around cutting right down on saturated fats - it wasn't as if you could eat as much sugar as you wanted, but saturated fat was definitely thought of as the villain of the piece.

I like what you say about coconut oil because it seems that, even if it does nothing else, it stops you feeling so hungry through the day, but, as someone who has a heart condition (atrial fibrillation), it's probably best to take rs3100's advice and check with my GP or fibrillation nurse before I try to make any drastic alterations to my diet - for now I think I'll stick with some of the foods you and NYC Blue talk about - I can see me having a lot of cheese salads which was something I virtually stopped eating back in my anything but saturated fat days.

I started trying different diets when I was in my late teens, so just over 30 years ago too, I've tried em all but still managed to get progressively fatter over the years.

Just wanted to add the reason I avoid sweeteners below, they are now being linked to diabetes, heart disease and weight gain so I would avoid them with a heart condition if I were you, I hate them with a passion tbh.

http://time.com/4859012/artificial-s...s-weight-loss/
https://blogs.wsj.com/experts/2017/0...ast-diet-soda/
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...-a7844611.html
https://www.theguardian.com/society/...study-suggests

Diets are diets and they are fine, however you should probably trust serious medically backed research if trying to fight disease rather than dietitians and quacks with flaky research that they crow barred in to make it look like science. Not than anybody here said that, just underlying that difference.

People can suffer with the onset of diabetes for 10 years or more before being properly diagnosed. Those that go so long normally have a stroke 1st! Whilst you can not reverse or improve your insulin levels by a diet and exercise, obviously improving your diet and exercise means the insulin levels you produce are sufficient to tackle the blood sugar levels.


For all those coconut oil lovers, this is a fantastic documentary that is on Youtube. For a revolutionary anarchist like myself its where i am going to retire too, if the diabetes doesn't kill me first.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Coconut_Revolution

The Coconut Revolution is a 2001 multi-award winning documentary film about the struggle of the indigenous peoples of Bougainville Island during the Bougainville Civil War. The movement is described as the "world's first successful eco-revolution"

I've read something about that before, I will watch it 2mo, cheers.