Is keto effective for controlling type 2 diabetes
mybigfat
Posts: 162 Member
Just wondering it seems like it would but since insulin requires you to have so many carbs a meal how does that work
0
Replies
-
I think you should be careful about keto diet if diabetic for the reason you have given.3
-
Ok ty0
-
Check out the Netflix documentary the magic pill. It shows a woman who was type 2 who after changing her diet to keto saw changes in her insulin use and blood sugars.23
-
greekaugust wrote: »Check out the Netflix documentary the magic pill. It shows a woman who was type 2 who after changing her diet to keto saw changes in her insulin use and blood sugars.
No. Don't.
Listen to your doctor. Suggesting that someone disregard medical advice is irresponsible.14 -
I’m pre-diabetic and have progressively had my medication (metformin) cut down by a combination of healthier eating and exercise...mostly walking. My doctor calls me his poster child for beating diabetes by lifestyle changes. Recently, I had a follow-up with my doctor and my numbers had gone up slightly...5.9 A1C. I can attribute this to going on vacation with my wife. She’s a bad influence...lol. She thinks Oreos are a food group, so sometimes eating healthy in my house is challenging because there’s sugary food items everywhere you look. It’s like trying to get clean in a crack house, but ultimately it’s my effort, not my surroundings that will help me succeed.
So I decided to try keto. I’ve been on it since this past Tuesday. Since I go for regular checkups because of the type 2 diabetes, I’ll see him in less than 90 days. I’m curious to see what keto does to all my numbers from my blood work.
So far, keto has done what it promises to do...help me lose weight. It’s been drastic already. I don’t feel deprived in any way, I feel energetic, and not as tired as I was feeling before. I am not a doctor. I am not suggesting anyone does what I’m doing. I’m just a member of the MFP community that will share his experience with keto and type 2 diabetes.7 -
RailroadChris wrote: »I’m pre-diabetic and have progressively had my medication (metformin) cut down by a combination of healthier eating and exercise...mostly walking. My doctor calls me his poster child for beating diabetes by lifestyle changes. Recently, I had a follow-up with my doctor and my numbers had gone up slightly...5.9 A1C. I can attribute this to going on vacation with my wife. She’s a bad influence...lol. She thinks Oreos are a food group, so sometimes eating healthy in my house is challenging because there’s sugary food items everywhere you look. It’s like trying to get clean in a crack house, but ultimately it’s my effort, not my surroundings that will help me succeed.
So I decided to try keto. I’ve been on it since this past Tuesday. Since I go for regular checkups because of the type 2 diabetes, I’ll see him in less than 90 days. I’m curious to see what keto does to all my numbers from my blood work.
So far, keto has done what it promises to do...help me lose weight. It’s been drastic already. I don’t feel deprived in any way, I feel energetic, and not as tired as I was feeling before. I am not a doctor. I am not suggesting anyone does what I’m doing. I’m just a member of the MFP community that will share his experience with keto and type 2 diabetes.
The water weight loss (from glycogen stores) the first couple weeks can be impressive. But that's not the same thing as fat loss. Weight loss will normalize, provided you aren't eating a larger calorie deficit than before. Because ALL weight loss is about calorie deficit, not carbs.
There's a low carb group here: https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/394-low-carber-daily-forum-the-lcd-group5 -
Absolutely!4
-
greekaugust wrote: »Check out the Netflix documentary the magic pill. It shows a woman who was type 2 who after changing her diet to keto saw changes in her insulin use and blood sugars.
That kind of woo is just one of several reasons the Australian Medical Association wanted The Magic Pill pulled from circulation - because they consider it "irresponsible" and feel that the (mis)information in it is potentially dangerous to people's health:
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/jun/03/pete-evans-documentary-should-be-cut-from-netflix-doctors-group-says
https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/health/diet/they-shouldnt-screen-it-the-risk-is-too-great-paleo-petes-doco-under-fire-again/news-story/43f95457cb8099a906bcfcfcbe260eb3
And one of the doctors involved in the mockumentary has backed down from his stance about the "miracles" of keto: https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/doctor-s-mea-culpa-over-pete-evans-documentary-the-magic-pill-20180604-p4zjb2.html
Pete Evans is not a doctor. He's not a scientist or a researcher. He's a celebrity chef who got his 15 minutes of fame by compiling a hack job of a one-sided propaganda piece that gives people potentially dangerous and/or life-threatening advice. If I was the OP, The Magic Pill would not be anywhere on my list of sources for reliable information.
12 -
-
I suggest you to go for balanced diet with portion control!! This will help you in maintaining you blood glucose level normal! Ketogenic diet is not that satisfying!3
-
You need to let your doctor help you with you diet so you get the right carbohydrates to balance your insulin intake. Exercise and losing weight will help you manage your diabetes, and it can be done while moderating your carb intake according to your doctor's instructions.3
-
RelCanonical wrote: »You need to let your doctor help you with you diet so you get the right carbohydrates to balance your insulin intake. Exercise and losing weight will help you manage your diabetes, and it can be done while moderating your carb intake according to your doctor's instructions.
In my experience - and this is 100% my experience - asking an MD for nutritional advise is like asking the fox to guard the hen house (in other words, a really HORRIBLE idea). MDs - and this is a super general statement and super specific to my experience - know little to nothing about nutrition.
Granted, I am tough on MDs. I do not trust them until the have earned it. In my job (I work in IT - but I am decidedly *NOT* an "IT Guy".....just a guy who does IT) I have lots and lots of interaction with Doctors and Lawyers....what a group! That is all I will say. I have lots of war stories about run-ins with this group.
Now, if your doctor specializes in this and has lots and lots of both theoretical and hands-on experience, then maybe that is a different story. Maybe!
I do not just blindly follow someone's advise. I am not impressed by titles and degrees. I try to use critical thinking when common sense does not work. Anyway, just my input - for whatever it might be worth!6 -
The documentary “The Magic Pill” shows people who are type 2 diabetic, kids with autism ect and being on Keto drastically changed their lives. Me personally, wouldn’t trust what your MD says because 90% of the time they’re into it for the money and only giving you enough advice and pills to come back and get more. You doo what you feel you should whatever that may be. I personally feel the Keto diet would be affective for you.19
-
victoriaward1592 wrote: »The documentary “The Magic Pill” shows people who are type 2 diabetic, kids with autism ect and being on Keto drastically changed their lives. Me personally, wouldn’t trust what your MD says because 90% of the time they’re into it for the money and only giving you enough advice and pills to come back and get more. You doo what you feel you should whatever that may be. I personally feel the Keto diet would be affective for you.
NoThat kind of woo is just one of several reasons the Australian Medical Association wanted The Magic Pill pulled from circulation - because they consider it "irresponsible" and feel that the (mis)information in it is potentially dangerous to people's health:
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/jun/03/pete-evans-documentary-should-be-cut-from-netflix-doctors-group-says
https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/health/diet/they-shouldnt-screen-it-the-risk-is-too-great-paleo-petes-doco-under-fire-again/news-story/43f95457cb8099a906bcfcfcbe260eb3
And one of the doctors involved in the mockumentary has backed down from his stance about the "miracles" of keto: https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/doctor-s-mea-culpa-over-pete-evans-documentary-the-magic-pill-20180604-p4zjb2.html
Pete Evans is not a doctor. He's not a scientist or a researcher. He's a celebrity chef who got his 15 minutes of fame by compiling a hack job of a one-sided propaganda piece that gives people potentially dangerous and/or life-threatening advice. If I was the OP, The Magic Pill would not be anywhere on my list of sources for reliable information.
Yes8 -
https://www.thediabetescouncil.com/pros-and-cons-of-all-popular-low-carb-diets/
References:
http://www.diabetes.org/newsroom/press-releases/2016/2015-202-dietary-guidelines-to-promote-healthier-living.html
http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/36/11/3821.full
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1282458/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15148064
http://eatingacademy.com/nutrition/is-ketosis-dangerous
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16454166?access_num=16454166&link_type=MED&dopt=Abstract
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1325029/
http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/32/7/1147
http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/HealthyLiving/HealthyEating/Mediterranean-Diet_UCM_306004_Article.jsp#
1 -
For the vast majority of people with T2D, a ketogenic is an excellent way to control blood glucose and insulin. If you eat fewer carbs, you have lower BG, and lower insulin is needed and less is made. Most seem to find that BG levels are coming down within a few days, with fasting BG (which is less diet dependent) taking the longest to reduce.
If you are taking insulin, you would need to be careful that you are not taking too much if carbs are lowered. It seems most need to cut the amount of insulin they take pretty quickly or they start getting hypoglycemic lows.
YMMV
I recommend work by Dr Richard Bernstein, especially Dr Bernstein's Diabetes Solution. Its a LCHF plan to reduce insulin and BG, by the doctor who invented self BG testing. He also has a LOT of helpful youtube videos with great information; he's not an entertainer so they are a bit dull to watch.
http://www.diabetes-book.com/
Fung's books, Obesity Code and Diabetes Code, also use a LCHF plan but incorporate fasting to further improve insulin resistance. Fung's IDM website is useful, and he also has a few youtube videos.
Dr Sarah Halberg has some great LCHF info for T2D. She's also part of a long term study on treating T2D which shows it is one of only 3 ways to reverse T2D, and the only one that requires no weight loss.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=da1vvigy5tQ&vl=es
https://blog.virtahealth.com/dr-sarah-hallberg-ted-talk-reversing-diabetes/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMtBvQKaSbM
12 -
Keto may be the perfect way of eating for you....or it may not. Do your research and then bring it to your doctor. They will let you know if you can safely try it for your body. (Youtube is a great source to see other diabetics who have done a low carb lifestyle.)3
-
victoriaward1592 wrote: »The documentary “The Magic Pill” shows people who are type 2 diabetic, kids with autism ect and being on Keto drastically changed their lives. Me personally, wouldn’t trust what your MD says because 90% of the time they’re into it for the money and only giving you enough advice and pills to come back and get more. You doo what you feel you should whatever that may be. I personally feel the Keto diet would be affective for you.
Look, I have no medical information or experience to share, but The Magic Pill is a film by a celebrity chef who decided to expand his lifestyle brand into quack health guru. To trust a celebrity chef's publicity stunt over an MD because "money" makes no sense. I'd bet dollars to donuts that Pete Evans makes far more money than the average primary care doctor or diabetic counselor. Sure doctors work for money. Just like holistic practitioners, documentary filmmakers, and blog writers do.
I'm not saying keto isn't effective for diabetes, I don't have a horse in that race, just please don't trust your health to a documentary.
OP, if you are routinely testing your blood glucose throughout the day, you should be able to get a good idea of whether a diet will work for you or not pretty quickly. And while I agree that many doctors do not have a strong or current grasp of nutrition science, I would still let your doctor know if you make a big change to your diet right away so they can keep it in mind while monitoring your progress, and just in case they know of some other reason keto might not be a good choice for you personally.7 -
If you are taking insulin you have to be careful to eat enough carbs to feed the insulin. Otherwise you can go in to hypoglycemic shock.
I'm in the balance camp. Just like the Canadian Diabetes Association and the American Diabetes Association.
My best education was my own diarizing and checking the blood sugar results two hours later. It became clear pretty quickly what worked and what didn't (TWO slices of pizza and never THREE).7 -
I would talk to your doctor. I'm T2 and have a diabetes nurse, dietitian and testing every 6 months. I would never go on any keto diet without medical advice or supervision. The medically supervised ketogenic diet is different from the standard ketos touted by diet peeps, and non diabetics can probably do those with minimum supervision. Diabetics have to watch fat intake as well as carbs. We can't just eat any types of fats that standard keto diets might say are okay, because our organs can be more adversely affected than non diabetics. In short: if you're thinking of going ketogenic, make sure you have your doctor and diabetes team monitoring you.5
-
victoriaward1592 wrote: »The documentary “The Magic Pill” shows people who are type 2 diabetic, kids with autism ect and being on Keto drastically changed their lives. Me personally, wouldn’t trust what your MD says because 90% of the time they’re into it for the money and only giving you enough advice and pills to come back and get more. You doo what you feel you should whatever that may be. I personally feel the Keto diet would be affective for you.
So you'd trust a nut job celebrity chef who's an anti-vaxer, believes in "earthing" therapy and says that sunscreen is made from poisonous snakes, rather than a formally trained doctor, to manage a potentially crippling/deadly disease?
OK then.
In another blinding news flash, I don't mistrust doctors because they expect to earn money for doing their jobs. I mean, that's kinda what jobs/careers are all about. In fact, I'd consider them pretty dumb if they ran up hundreds of thousands of dollars in college debt to become doctors, then worked for free.11 -
Millicent3015 wrote: »I would talk to your doctor. I'm T2 and have a diabetes nurse, dietitian and testing every 6 months. I would never go on any keto diet without medical advice or supervision. The medically supervised ketogenic diet is different from the standard ketos touted by diet peeps, and non diabetics can probably do those with minimum supervision. Diabetics have to watch fat intake as well as carbs. We can't just eat any types of fats that standard keto diets might say are okay, because our organs can be more adversely affected than non diabetics. In short: if you're thinking of going ketogenic, make sure you have your doctor and diabetes team monitoring you.
@Millicent3015
Do you have any information or studies that support that? I have not read of any organs that would be harmed by higher than normal fat levels.
I eat a ketogenic diet so it is relevant to me. Thanks.0 -
I know that diabetics are at higher risk for heart attacks, so my cholesterol levels, blood pressure, etc. are watched very carefully. Tolerances are tighter than they are for non-diabetics.
High fat diets are associated with coronary trouble.
https://www.businessinsider.com/iceman-5300-years-ago-ate-a-high-fat-meat-lovers-diet-2018-72 -
I know that diabetics are at higher risk for heart attacks, so my cholesterol levels, blood pressure, etc. are watched very carefully. Tolerances are tighter than they are for non-diabetics.
High fat diets are associated with coronary trouble.
https://www.businessinsider.com/iceman-5300-years-ago-ate-a-high-fat-meat-lovers-diet-2018-7
That's not correct.
There was a study conducted by a gentleman named Ancel Keys called the 7 Country Study which theorized that dietary fat was a leading cause of Coronary Heart Disease. This theory was never proven, and has in fact, been debunked several times over. There is a lot of information out there on the interwebs about this exact topic.
Just because that mummy had signs of CHD does not mean that it was related to his diet, and that's quite an assumption to make. I'd likely not be taking any pseudo-science as fat, especially when the source is a not science based.5 -
victoriaward1592 wrote: »The documentary “The Magic Pill” shows people who are type 2 diabetic, kids with autism ect and being on Keto drastically changed their lives. Me personally, wouldn’t trust what your MD says because 90% of the time they’re into it for the money and only giving you enough advice and pills to come back and get more. You doo what you feel you should whatever that may be. I personally feel the Keto diet would be affective for you.
So you'd trust a nut job celebrity chef who's an anti-vaxer, believes in "earthing" therapy and says that sunscreen is made from poisonous snakes, rather than a formally trained doctor, to manage a potentially crippling/deadly disease?
OK then.
In another blinding news flash, I don't mistrust doctors because they expect to earn money for doing their jobs. I mean, that's kinda what jobs/careers are all about. In fact, I'd consider them pretty dumb if they ran up hundreds of thousands of dollars in college debt to become doctors, then worked for free.
@ 2003-2004 I met an earthing-er who was also a fruitarian. I really wish I remembered his name so I could see if he is still practicing (and alive.)1 -
Hi, I would recommend talking to your doctor about insulin dosing. You shouldn't HAVE to eat a certain amount of carbs to match your insulin. You can match the insulin to the amount of carbs you choose to eat. I do believe keto can be a wonderful tool for managing blood glucose. I have type 1 diabetes and have been keto for about a year, and it works great for me, but everyone is different!3
-
kshama2001 wrote: »victoriaward1592 wrote: »The documentary “The Magic Pill” shows people who are type 2 diabetic, kids with autism ect and being on Keto drastically changed their lives. Me personally, wouldn’t trust what your MD says because 90% of the time they’re into it for the money and only giving you enough advice and pills to come back and get more. You doo what you feel you should whatever that may be. I personally feel the Keto diet would be affective for you.
So you'd trust a nut job celebrity chef who's an anti-vaxer, believes in "earthing" therapy and says that sunscreen is made from poisonous snakes, rather than a formally trained doctor, to manage a potentially crippling/deadly disease?
OK then.
In another blinding news flash, I don't mistrust doctors because they expect to earn money for doing their jobs. I mean, that's kinda what jobs/careers are all about. In fact, I'd consider them pretty dumb if they ran up hundreds of thousands of dollars in college debt to become doctors, then worked for free.
@ 2003-2004 I met an earthing-er who was also a fruitarian. I really wish I remembered his name so I could see if he is still practicing (and alive.)
He may have ascended to Nirvana by now.3 -
A friend of mine has been controlling hers very well on strict keto. Under Dr supervision of course0
This discussion has been closed.
Categories
- All Categories
- 1.4M Health, Wellness and Goals
- 393.4K Introduce Yourself
- 43.8K Getting Started
- 260.2K Health and Weight Loss
- 175.9K Food and Nutrition
- 47.4K Recipes
- 232.5K Fitness and Exercise
- 427 Sleep, Mindfulness and Overall Wellness
- 6.5K Goal: Maintaining Weight
- 8.5K Goal: Gaining Weight and Body Building
- 153K Motivation and Support
- 8K Challenges
- 1.3K Debate Club
- 96.3K Chit-Chat
- 2.5K Fun and Games
- 3.7K MyFitnessPal Information
- 24 News and Announcements
- 1.1K Feature Suggestions and Ideas
- 2.6K MyFitnessPal Tech Support Questions