Many of us low carbers around here think a lot of the book The Diabetes Solution by Dr. Richard Bernstein. His recommendation for weight loss is to cut protein. I believe the rational behind this is that since about 58% of protein is converted to carbs this is a back door way of cutting carbs further. You might want to check out old threads in the Bernstein group here at tuD, where this has been discussed. These threads will also help you in you discussions with your health care team, many of whom are very hostile to low carbing.
I started LCHF and am exploring it by carefully monitoring my response. http://www.tudiabetes.org/profiles/blogs/lchf-feed-me-fat?xg_source=activity
I read Bernstein some time back -- it was my first research stop -- and I've more or less come back to his POV in the form of taking on LCHF. But after achieving some things -- weight loss and drop in blood sugars -- I plateaued. I needed to lose more weight if I was going to get my diabetic consequences -- elevated BP for instance -- under control. The key element is the kerotogenic carb intake level and the animal fat consumption.Otherwise it is an easy 'fad diet' to follow. See introductory summary of it here: http://www.dietdoctor.com/lchf
Thanks for your message, it was what got me to this web-site and I love it. I really cannot eat any carbs it seems or I shoot waaaay up - it makes more sense to me to cut out the carbs and not have to use insulin as much. Anyway - Thanks for posting this!
Christine
I had the same concern about the high ketones I was finding in my urine when I first did this, too. They went away after the first week. I've heard them explained as a side effect of the body switching fuel sources.
On this diet I assume you would be aloud to have a hamburger but without the bun, but there has to be a limit because one hamburger w/ cheese has like 600 calories and I could eat two if I let my self . What about pizza can you just eat the cheese off of it ? Guess you can go through the drive through and order burgers and chicken sandwiches and just throw the bread to the birds . To good to be true ! I’m gonna try this diet today so far I’ve had 3 boiled eggs w/ coffee and cream and 1 Splenda
I will eat a hamburger on occasion, but with mustard or mayonnaise, no ketchup. I bolus for about 14g carb to cover the 4 oz of protein.
Don't eat powdered splenda. It is about 30% glucose. Pizza is a no go. the tomato sauce has a ton of sugar and will send your bg way up.
You will be hungry the first few days. Drink plenty of water. If you mess up once or twice, no biggie.
I'd recommend reading dr. Bernstein's diet book. Good luck.