Fast-5 Diet and Lifestyle: Re: [fast5] Type 2 diabetes

Monday, September 20, 2010

Re: [fast5] Type 2 diabetes

For me it wasn't till I had been successfully doing Fast- 5 for six months that I had my first high fasting blood sugar. It wasn't all that high, just over 100, but it got my attention because I had thought that by doing Fast-5 , losing weight easily I had lowered my insulin levels and was therefor fine and not in danger of blood sugar problems in the future. But obviously not all was well. For me it seems that dealing with my insulin resistance revealed some blood sugar dysregulation that had probably been going on for a long time, judging from symptoms that went away on lower carbs. It has been over two years since then and I have been tweaking my low carb regimen and experimenting with and without Fast-5 to get my numbers under 100 and lower if possible. At first I tried Dr. Schwarzbein's methods of five meals and about 50 g carb. That got my fasting up to 126 ! So then i went back to Fast-5 but although BG was lower it was still just over 100. These days I seem to have the best control and lowest numbers with three well spaced meals a day (low carb, high fat and just enough protein) and am in the low 90's most of the time with forays into the 80's. When I say well spaced, I mean no less that four hours apart and optimally 6 hours apart.

So though never got diagnosed with actual diabetes, my home testing on occasions when I had about 100 - 150 grams carb indicates that I easily could have been officially diagnosed. But even amongst those with a diagnosis, it seems there is great variation as to how people respond to various regimens. .

I don't think there can be any harm in trying Fast-5 and it just might do the trick for you. Just test often enough to know how it is working. I think we each have to do a fair amount of experimenting to find what is optimal.

Ellen

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On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 12:34 AM, Heather Twist <HeatherTwist@gmail.com> wrote:

I don't have diabetes, and my blood sugar was very steady at 95, unless I skipped a meal, in which case it went UP to 120 (and I got super hungry and grouchy: the so-called "hypoglycemia" except obviously there was no "hypo"!). I kind of think it's this "jump" to high glucose that made people think up the 5-meal-a-day thing for diabetics?

After starting Fast-5, it went up during fasting periods for some weeks ... then it dropped, and now it's a steady 83. That mirrors some other people's experiences that people have shared. It is possible that during the "adjustment period" glucose control might be worse, but in the long run, Fast-5 seems to help most people with glucose control.

Anyway, I don't get the "hypoglycemic" attacks now either. Everything just kind of evened out.

On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 5:42 PM, Bill McCarty <wbmccarty@gmail.com> wrote:

Denise, Fast5 runs counter to the common-sense advice often given to diabetics: eat frequent, small meals to avoid overtaxing the glucose metabolism. So, I don't understand why my glucose control is better when following Fast5. But it is.

My glucose control deteriorated several months ago and, in trying various ways of regaining control, I stumbled into an eating pattern I later discovered was essentially Fast5. Even very limited consumption of carbohydrates, which had worked for me in the past, did not accomplish what Fast5 has accomplished. Even though I have frank diabetes, my quarterly test results were below those associated with a "high risk" of diabetes. I won't argue with real results.

Of course, this is merely my personal experience of a few months duration. As with everything pertaining to diabetes, your mileage may vary.

Cheers,

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