I was diagnosed about 5 weeks ago. I immediately began a low carb high fat diet.

The benefits so far:

1- I do not have to take any medications to keep my BG in normal ranges. Burning fat is amazing.

2- My energy levels have zoomed up. It's amazing.

3- I looked at my hands the other day, studying them for the first time in ages. My liver spots have almost all disappeared. Not exactly sure what that means, but I always wondered if their appearance was just normal aging.

4- The return of an active sex life.

5- After sitting down for a time, when I get up, my legs do not feel stiff and tired out.

6- I need less hours of sleep at night.

7- When I wake up in the A.M. I do not feel tired. I can get right out of bed with my eyes wide open and start my day without any sluggishness.

8- Half the nights I actually sleep the night through, without having to wake up to urinate. Before I was waking up maybe 3 or 4 times. I take this to mean my kidneys are recovering. I also pee less during the day.

If I think of anything else I'll enter it in this thread. But I feel that my life has been turned around.

i noticed that when my BS goes high, I get dry flaky scaling skin on my fingers, and after several days of low carbing and good control, it goes away, but if I ate some carbs, it would come right back. I don't know what causes it, but I am going to stay with my Atkins/Bernstein LC diet for the rest of my life, to control my DM bype 2.

My wife says I do not snore any more. I am in a live and learn situation vis-a-vis this diet. It is amazing.

My OH found the weight dropped off for months, and has now stabilised. His BS readings are very low, always in the 6-7 range; his cholestrol went down to 3.4. But lately he feels constantly tired, not sure what this is.