You're welcome to look at my diabetes log. I've been under 20 carbs for about 2 months.
I sometimes look at my numbers and say Are those really mine? for the last 32 years I never had numbers that good.
BTW: My diabetes log is part of my food diary, it's easier for me to keep it all in one place.

Within a month, it was down to 85-95, which is about where it is now.

Steve, I wish I could get a FBG under 100.. I am not diabetic or pre diabetic according to my PP reading <140…but having a liver just pumping out the inulin in the AM is my problem, my doc said there is no fix.

I DO know if I eat NO carbs my reading may be lower..seeing 122 is disconcerting…and I've seen 97 on a few days..but NEW meds -Lasix for water retention- are raising it and I have to accept it..and stick to VLC.

I started a ketogenic diet partially to get rid of my prediabetes too. I was mostly down into normal range for FBG within a couple of weeks. Every couple of weeks I still seem to get a high blip back up into prediabetic range which lasts a couple of days, but I've had mostly normal FBG ever since that first week or two.

I was worried the diet woul not work great for me because I was only 20lbs above a normal BMI, but it made a huge difference in my health.

I know long walks really bring my FBG down a lot the next day. It puts me into low normal range - always a treat to see. I haven't started a weight program with it yet; I have inflammatory arthritis so I'm giving myself a few months to get used to this WOE before adding something else to my system - I don't want a flare up.

I haven't been checking BG much after meals. I find my FBG is usually my highest BG reading of the day since going LCHF.

Good luck!

dobenjam wrote: »

Hi All,

...

All of that is to ask these questions...

*How long before a Keto diet reduces fasting blood sugar levels?
*Should I not work out right away as my blood glucose seems to spike if I run?
*Would a weight training program help?
*I also have fatty liver syndrome and I'm hoping this will help, has any one had success with both of these on a Keto diet?

Thanks in advance!

1. It took me six months to get my a1c from over nine to under six. As far as fasting numbers if you mean am numbers, dawn phenom keep mine higher than I like. But after around ten am I have awesome numbers all day. I've heard fasting numbers are the last to change and it's been a year for me. So...

2. Idk, I don't run. Walking around the neighborhood after meals drops my sugars about forty points immediately. That's why I do it. I guess you have to experiment.

3. Again, not my area of experience, but I do know "strong women stay slim" (name of a book my doctor gave me) and muscle burns more cals than fat so if you want to lose weight, I say, yes.

4. My husband just got diagnosed with this last week! I have been researching it and there seems to a a lot of evidence that not only is it the best diet for fatty livers, but that after time (500 days +), it can heal your liver. We are trying it. I've been LCHF for over a year. He just started full throttle with me last week.

5. I hate autocorrect! Lol.

dobenjam wrote: »

thank you, that was very interesting. Though I'm not exactly sure what I should think about my numbers now. Today I was 152 FBS when I woke, and 2 hours after breakfast I was down to 101. 101 is the lowest I've seen since I've been tracking (less than a week).

I'm still hoping to hear about how this diet has helped someone who had a fatty liver. I need to get my liver enzymes down and begin healing it. It seems like a Keto diet would help but I haven't seen anyone mention it.

I'll send you some links I found. Not all the ones, but the ones I texted my hubby. They might help.

This was a quote from some guy.

And another testimonial from a different Keto group on fb. "The cause of NAFLD is HFCS fructose and excessive carbohydrates. The only dietary cure is a high fat ketogenic diet. I was diagnosed almost 3 years ago with an auto-immune fatal liver disease. After almost 3 years of following a ketogenic diet all of my blood work now for my liver is totally normal. My doctor says that just from the blood work of my liver function panel i no longer have this disease. Most people diagnosed with this live on average 8-10 years then die of total liver failure. It took almost 2 years to cure it. The liver can rebuild all of its cells in 500-550 days if you eat the right diet. Very low-carb moderate protein high fat. No sugar no soda(HFCS) no fruit. The production of fat takes place in the liver. All excess glucose(sugar) or excess carbs the liver converts to triglycerides(fatty acids). This clogs up the liver with this very sticky saturated fat. When you are insulin resistant your cells cannot use carbs for energy very well so most of your dietary intake clogs up the liver leading to this NAFLD. If you follow the ketogenic diet your insulin levels will fall and now your liver instead of being bogged down in having to make fat from excess carbs can start burning fat. And saturated dietary fat found in butter coconut oil is very different type of saturated fat then the saturated fat manufactured by the liver from excess carbs. And your body handles dietary sat fat very differently. He must have a very high fasting triglyceride level as your fasting triglyceride is a measure of the fats made by the liver. Not the dietary fat that you eat .Two different things.And he must also have a low HDL number and a high VLDL.. So yes the only way to cure fatty liver is with a very high fat diet very low carb!"

http://www.m.webmd.com/heart-disease/milk-thistle-benefits-and-side-effects

Slightly off topic, but we are trying this and you might too.

http://www.dietdoctor.com/low-carb-diet-best-fatty-liver

http://www.dietdoctor.com/restoring-liver-function-lchf

OP,

You have functional kidneys, correct?