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Originally Posted by actorkent
Type 2 here. Been strict low carb (always in ketosis) since day one of diagnosis in May '06.
I feel that no 'paradigm' seems to explain diabetes well. Low carbers need to talk more about how the liver (i am told) produces glucose from protein.
How do i reduce glucose levels that are NOT caused by eating carbohydrates. No one TOLD me the liver produces sugar. All low carbers talk about is carb carb carb.
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read all threads about DP, we recetly discussed it very thorough, and eat a bit more carbs to stop liver "dump", this works for me but YMMV!
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so.. how do i use the low carb WOE to reduce the sugar my liver produces. Do i need to eat 80% fat? 100% fat? The body CANNOT produce sugar from fat.
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Unfortunately, very low cabr makes liver to go into overdrive. I don;t know how long it is been since you had diabetes before being Dx but normally, if you still have decent amount of beta-cells, you should see betterr results from the diet alone. Try eating 100% fat... not sure if it is such a good idea, I doubt it is possible anyway, and you will be malnourished.
Your body will break down your own muscles to make up glucose and protein to function, so eating all fat will make liver to work even harder.
Generally, it is the insulin (your own or exogenous0 that tells liver to stop churning glucose, so if the diet itself does not work, you may want to consider insulin; there are also other medication )symlin, byetta) that slow food absorbtion and give liver a break.
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It is the act of eating ALONE that seems to raise my blood sugar. it might be true if i was OFF low carb my levels would be higher still but I am not happy with a BG high level of 180-200 while averageing 140-160 ( no drugs at the moment)
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You may want to post your typical menu, not sure what you mean that eating alone raises your BG, have you tried to skip a meal or two? What are the readings before and after certain meals?
if you are at this high level on low carb, it may be time to talk to your doctor and follow medical advice, diet alone does not cure all problems, but makes it easier to controll with or witout meds, depending where you are.
You may also be not T2 but misdiagnosted T1. WE will try to help if you provide more details and typical menus with corresponsing Bgs, like:
FBG=.......
BF:..........
2 h post BF BG=.......
Lunch:........
2h p=.......
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HTH