Diabetes Reversal
 

Hi there,

Just wondering if anyone has or knows someone who has been able to reverse their diabetic condition (type 2) through weight loss.

I'm pretty mild right now and am hoping I can, but I'm not sure how realistic that is. I'm sure down the line at some point it will come back, but a few years of repreave would be nice. :p

Any experiences?

Noodles I'm impressed! :high: I didn't know your story....You've come a long way babee!!

Noodles,

Thanks sooo much for your reply! I am so glad to hear that it can actually be reversed. I had to take a bit of inventory lately myself and I just knew I couldn't keep going down the same path. Thanks so much for your story and I'm glad you're doing so well. I will definitely visit the PCOS/Insulin resistance forum.

Thanks again!

I actually had diabetes when I was pregnant w/my son and had to do the insulin shots. Not fun, but I survived. It went away after he was born and then I was diagnosed again in November (not pregnant). Then, at the beginning of March, my Dad died. He had diabetes (type 2) just like his father. And died of a stroke just like his father at 58. WAY too young to die. Major inventory check. Physically, I am built like my Dad and had a lot of the same genetic stuff/problems as he did. I'm just not going down that road. I love my son way too much. He's only six now, but I want to be around and healthy to watch his kids grow up.

i was diagnosed in nov. of 2003 with type 2. i have, as of today, lost 61 lbs. cut out my metformin and am on my way to cutting out my actos. my a1c levels are 5.9. so yes it can be done, but it does take hard work on your part.

I want to give you a big hug...I am sorry about your Dad. :(

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Thanks so much. Hard, hard, hard.

I just wanted to give an update on this. I went to the doctor last week and my Hemaglobin A1C was 4.9%. So, my doc cut my Metformin in half. Just one pill per day. Guess I'm getting closer!

Take care all!

congrats kerri, that is wonderful. i, too, went to the dr. last monday and my a1c was 5.1%. i am completely off of my metformin and he said if i would continue what i am doing that in 6 months he would take me off of the actos and lisinopril (blood pressure med to protect my kidneys). keep up the good work.

http://www.planetsmilies.com/smilies.../1/happy30.gif YAY!! Good news on all fronts here!! Keep up the good work Girls!! :bravo:

I was diagnosed 2 years ago and initially pretty much starved myself and lost about 40 pounds (I'm on metformin, btw, and metformin is actually given to some people to aide in weight loss.). I gained about 25 of that back once the starvation diet got old and started on the Southbeach diet in early April. I'm now down 17 pounds and no longer need to take the metformin unless I have something high carb as a special treat. And that 17 pound loss is without any type of exercise at all cause I'm recovering from foot surgery. I'm happy on this diet and I don't even want to go back to my old ways of eating anymore. Anyhow, I guess my point is that it is possible to lose weight when you're a Type 2, so don't give up.

I'm type 2 and I managed to reverse my DM. I got off the low fat diet they told me to go on, since it was making my condition worse. I went on Atkins. I eat high fat 75%, moderate protein 20% and low carb 5%. I eat at least half my fat as saturated. I eat no grains, sugar, starchy veggies, no fruit other than the occasional berries, no potatoes, rice, pasta or corn. I eat red meat, chicken, pork and fatty fish. I fry my meat most of the time in lard, peanut oil, or coconut oil. All my veggies are eaten with cheese sauce I make with full fat cheese and cream, or real butter. I eat NO low fat products and eat 2000-2500 calories a day.
My cholesterol went from 220 to 160 and my triglycerides went from 200+ to 46. My neuropathy went away and my A1c is 6. My renal function is perfect and I've lost 59 lbs.
Stay away from the ADA diet, it just makes diabetes worse.

The ADA diet is a sound diet plan and is based on years of specific research and successful case studies. Your personal experience doesn't sound typical. We are happy that you are pleased with your personal weight plan and results, but your approach is probably not going to work for most people in this situation.

We recommend that all diabetes consult your physician for advice and ongoing care and monitoring.

The ADA has NO scientific proof that it works. I'm a nurse and I've never met one person that was on the ADA diet that didn't end up on dialysis, blind or losing limbs, because the diet made them worse. It's not just me that Atkins works for, but MILLIONS of diabetics that have found the truth about how diabetics should eat.

Quinadal, Atkins has worked for some diabetics, and so has the ADA plan. What we would like to get across is that diabetics need to keep their doctor in the loop and not take medical advice from this forum.

The ADA was founded in 1940 and are a well respected organization.

We have no reason to doubt their advice, claims, research and case studies.

Yes, and we can see how well they eating plan has helped diabetics. None at all.
BTW, low carb/high fat was around before the ADA and worked fine for diabetics since the 1800's, until they made up that junk diet.

The ADA diet has helped a lot of people. Research and statistics back it up. Our goal here is to support a variety of weight loss plans, and we even have an Atkins forum with a large group of happy followers. However, Atkins isn't right for everyone. If you would like to join our Atkins support forum, you will be welcome. However, we wish to make it clear that we support a wide variety of diets. ADA is supported as well as Low Carb, and we don't allow diet-bashing within our forums. We also support vegetarian diets and request that you remove your signature because our vegetarian members will be offended. If you cannot adhere to this policy, we suggest you go elsewhere.

I will go elsewhere, since I found ONE member that didn't have an attitude problem on this site, Jack-150, he was actually nice. I don't care what offends vegetarians, since they are idiots anyway and deserve to be ridiculed. Why don't you rename this site, We don't know jack about diets.