1. Introduction
I'm type 2 diabetic. And I'm the manager of the Korean Diabetes Forum
named "Diabetes & Low Carb Diet".
I belive a low carb diet is the best solution to control blood sugar.
Please click here what my Diabetes Forum like.
http://cafe.naver.com/ArticleList.n...rch.boardtype=L
Several months of a very low carb diet made me very sensitive
to carbohydrates.
2. So, I had 2(two) questions such as:
Q1. Insulin secretion ability decreased?
My over-sensitiveness to carbs caused by a ketogenic diet
is not related with the insulin secretion ability.
It is a (temporary) insulin-resistance resulted from a ketogenic diet
and it can be removed when I begin a normal diet.
So, I have conducted on experiments.
I stopped a ketogenic diet 4 days ago and went to a normal diet
because I wanted to check if my over-sensitiveness to carbs
can be removed.
So, every meal I ate 140g of steamed brown rice.
Q2. Is it possible to go back to the postprandial blood glucose level
where I was well controlled?
(my postprandial peak glucose was under 150 for 140g of brown rice
before applying a very low carb diet)
Yes, from my experiments it took me 4 days to return.
It took me 4 days(10 meals).
(Sun) Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
(Mon) Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
(Tue) Breakfast
Experiment (Day 1): Peak glucose 190 (http://cafe.naver.com/ebekoji/5463)
Experiment (Day 2): Peak glucose 200 (http://cafe.naver.com/ebekoji/5464)
Experiment (Day 3): Peak glucose 171 (http://cafe.naver.com/ebekoji/5470)
Experiment (Day 4): Peak glucose 125 (http://cafe.naver.com/ebekoji/5486)
3. What I learned from experiments
(A) Extreme-sensitiveness to carbs(high after meal blood sugar) caused by a very low carb diet
can be removed in a few days if we stop a very low carb diet
and start a normal diet.
(B) A very low carb diet doesn't make pancreas die but rest, which is good for pancreas.
(C) I no longer feel guilty for those who followed me a very low carb diet and have "extreme sensitiveness to carbs(hereinafter "the symptom)", because I proved "the symptom" can be removed when we go back to a normal diet.
They clearly understood why they have "the symptom" and if they don't like "the symptom" they can increase carbohydrate intake within the cap of their acceptable highs of postprandial blood sugar.
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Answers from Daytona,I know that when you go very low carb, to the point where your body makes ketones, a general insulin resistance is a positive adaptation. In this case, since you muscles can run off of fat, they become insulin resistant to ensure that any available glucose is spared for organs that cannot use ketones or fats (e.g. some brain cells, the retina, etc). This is a good thing and isn't really the same thing as "insulin resistance" that most doctors and media discuss.
If you stop eating very low carb, the adaptation will go away and your body will resume using glucose as its primary fuel instead of fats/ketones. This type of insulin resistance is temporary.
However if one eats very low carb with regular "cheats", the result (especially in someone metabolically impaired, like a diabetic) could be a combination of poor keto-adaptation and insulin resistance. In this state, fats aren't used efficiently, ketones are not produced in high enough levels to adequately fuel the brain but the muscles have some level of insulin resistance which would keep blood sugars high when cheating. I would not recommend doing this... Pick a side "ketosis or not" and stick with it.
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