@Robert congratulations on your latest aquisitions.
@med @mnem
High carb diets actually do not work, but can be extremely detrimental to your health as I can see with Hubby (the docs prescribed him a high carb diet which pushed him into fatty liver, insulin resistance and T2D,
I found the following video pretty insightful:
https://youtu.be/LRHir1k9jmEHis other videos are interesting, as well, however I think the one above explains it quite well.
So when you want to shed weight, insulin is your enemy, and insulin resistance is the reason you may end up as a T2D without realising it.
I also find the videos of Dr. Sten Ekbert quite reasonable, even though he from time to time gets things a bit wrong. Overall however his line of thinking is conclusive.
So where does it lead me in terms of dietary suggestions:
- cut out carbs as much as possible.
- eat sufficient protein (1.6grams per kg of body mass, less if you have chronic kidney disease, check with your nephrologist)
- cut out seed oils and hibernation food
- don't cheat and do the accompanying blood work.
Measure: fasting blood sugar, blood sugar before, 1h and 2h past a meal
fasting insuline
ketones.
Ketones indicate whether you are burning fat. The nutritional ketosis range is from 0.5 -3 mmol/l and it can be measured by a blood ketone meter.
Now, there is no blood insulin meter around. I will inquire if my employer would consider that a viable idea for implementation. I certainly see market potential for this as it could easily be used to supervise a keto diet to reverse insulin resistance.
I'll probably do the elevator pitch on Monday ...