I'm type II diabetic - my cardiologist put me on the Atkins diet in early February...
My morning glucose level had been between 250 to nearly 400 and my baseline number was near 10. After LESS THAN A WEEK of Atkins, my blodd glucose was in the normal range in the morning. I stopped my insulin after 10 days, never went back. My baseline is now 7, and even if I eat "bad" stuff, my glucose level comes down normally within a short time.
I am back on a slightly more strict Atkinsfor a month or so after slacking off - I want to lose more weight, and it seems to be working fine again. I went from a 38" waist to under 36" and I'm hoping to get to 34" soon.
I am not selling anything, nor prescribing - I just wanted to tell others what worked so well for me.
A healthy diet and just a little exercise can do wonders!!!
I'm always amazed at my patients who won't (for whatever reason) adopt a healthier lifestyle and instead take a cocktail of medication. I know they must feel like crap most of the time...
But it's a lifestyle change. It's not as simple as a "diet"... It requires one continue living in a healthy way from now on.
Congratulations!!! Keep up the good work.
(you're likely to find that a good walk every day will dramatically improve your physical and mental health, too)
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A1c tests are between 5.7 and 6.0
Blood sugar averages 107 (2 tests per day)
Metformin 2000 per day at dinner.
No booze, no candy, no pasta, no donuts, no cake, no pasta, no orange juice..
I try to minimize carbohydrate intake.
Vegetables are free, fruits are rationed (maybe 5 or 6 strawberries a day)
All the watermelon I care to eat.
I was hospitalized three years ago with Aic of 10, 800 blood sugar. I weighed 245. I spent 3 days in the hospital. 3 months after I was released I was down to 195 pounds, and 6.0 A1c. I developed a great diet of between 1,200 and 1,500 calories per day.
I now average about 210 pounds (I'm 5-10).
In the last year, I've been hypoglycemic three times. I use the occasion to eat a chocolate candy bar or drink orange juice.
And avoid processed grains. It makes a difference... No white bread or any of that...
Good luck!
If you could reason with religious people there'd be no religious people. -House
A couple of years ago, a Republican committee staff director told me candidly (and proudly) what the method was to all this obstruction and disruption. Should Republicans succeed in obstructing the Senate from doing its job, it would further lower Congress’s generic favorability rating among the American people. By sabotaging the reputation of an institution of government, the party that is programmatically against government would come out the relative winner. -Mike Lofgren, 28 years as a staffer on the Republican House and Senate budget and other committees, often dealing with national security and defense issues
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This one is key to find data on the food one eats. It can be used to determine carbs, proteins, calories. It can help to record and decide upon your "choices":
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NUTRIENT DATA LABORATORY
Search the USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference
Enter up to 5 keywords which best describe the food item. To further limit the search, select a specific Food Group.
Certain codes can also be searched: NDB number (the USDA 5-digit Nutrient Databank identifier); the USDA commodity code; and the URMIS number for specific cuts of meat (enter the # symbol followed without a space by the URMIS code).
Orange juice, canned, unsweetened
Orange juice, chilled, includes from concentrate
Orange juice, chilled, includes from concentrate, fortified with calcium
Orange juice, chilled, includes from concentrate, fortified with calcium and
vitamin D
Orange juice, frozen concentrate, unsweetened, diluted with 3 volume water
Orange juice, frozen concentrate, unsweetened, undiluted
Orange juice, raw
Orange-grapefruit juice, canned, unsweetened
Orange-strawberry-banana juice
Tangerines, (mandarin oranges), canned, juice pack
Tangerines, (mandarin oranges), canned, juice pack, drained
Orange juice, chilled, includes from concentrate
NDB No: 09209
Click on the check boxes preceding the weights to be reported. If you select 100 grams, then standard error and number of data points will also be displayed. You may select up to 5 weights. Nutrient values can be calculated for any desired gram weight by clicking on the amount field for the weight to be reported and entering a decimal multiplier to calculate the desired weight. Then click on the Submit button. Click here to enter a new query.
For example: if the gram weight is 100 and you would like a report of the nutrient values for 75 grams, simply enter .75 in the amount field for 100 grams. For help with the decimal values for some common fractions click here for tips on Fractions.
Select Amount Description Gram Weight
100 grams
100
1 cup
249
1 fl oz
31.1
Orange juice, chilled, includes from concentrate
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NDB No: 09209 (Nutrient values and weights are for edible portion)
Nutrient Units Value per
100 grams Number
of Data
Points Std.
Error 1.00 X 1 cup
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249g
Proximates
Water
g
87.22
24
1.189
217.18
Energy
kcal
49
0
0.000
122
Energy
kJ
203
0
0.000
505
Protein
g
0.68
20
0.037
1.69
Total lipid (fat)
g
0.12
17
0.010
0.30
Ash
g
0.43
6
0.030
1.07
Carbohydrate, by difference
g
11.54
0
0.000
28.73
Fiber, total dietary
g
0.3
1
0.000
0.7
Sugars, total
g
8.31
0
0.000
20.69
Sucrose
g
4.01
21
0.476
9.98
Glucose (dextrose)
g
2.08
21
0.113
5.18
Fructose
g
2.23
21
0.120
5.55
Lactose
g
0.00
20
0.000
0.00
Maltose
g
0.00
15
0.000
0.00
Galactose
g
0.00
14
0.000
0.00
Minerals
Calcium, Ca
mg
11
13
0.494
27
Iron, Fe
mg
0.13
32
0.020
0.32
Magnesium, Mg
mg
11
32
0.290
27
Phosphorus, P
mg
17
13
1.284
42
Potassium, K
mg
178
32
1.361
443
Sodium, Na
mg
2
28
0.320
5
Zinc, Zn
mg
0.07
32
0.019
0.17
Copper, Cu
mg
0.042
32
0.007
0.105
Manganese, Mn
mg
0.023
32
0.002
0.057
Selenium, Se
mcg
0.1
12
0.090
0.2
Vitamins
Vitamin C, total ascorbic acid
mg
33.6
40
0.706
83.7
Thiamin
mg
0.046
6
0.004
0.115
Riboflavin
mg
0.039
6
0.002
0.097
Niacin
mg
0.280
3
0.050
0.697
Pantothenic acid
mg
0.195
3
0.002
0.486
Vitamin B-6
mg
0.076
3
0.003
0.189
Folate, total
mcg
19
6
1.580
47
Folic acid
mcg
0
0
0.000
0
Folate, food
mcg
19
6
1.580
47
Folate, DFE
mcg_DFE
19
0
0.000
47
Choline, total
mg
6.2
0
0.000
15.4
Betaine
mg
0.2
1
0.000
0.5
Vitamin B-12
mcg
0.00
0
0.000
0.00
Vitamin B-12, added
mcg
0.00
0
0.000
0.00
Vitamin A, RAE
mcg_RAE
2
3
0.410
5
Retinol
mcg
0
0
0.000
0
Carotene, beta
mcg
8
3
0.000
20
Carotene, alpha
mcg
8
3
0.000
20
Cryptoxanthin, beta
mcg
27
3
9.849
67
Vitamin A, IU
IU
42
3
8.207
105
Lycopene
mcg
0
3
0.000
0
Lutein + zeaxanthin
mcg
27
3
6.351
67
Vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol)
mg
0.20
0
0.000
0.50
Vitamin E, added
mg
0.00
0
0.000
0.00
Vitamin D (D2 + D3)
mcg
0.0
0
0.000
0.0
Vitamin D
IU
0
0
0.000
0
Vitamin K (phylloquinone)
mcg
0.0
2
0.000
0.0
Lipids
Fatty acids, total saturated
g
0.014
0
0.000
0.035
4:0
g
0.000
0
0.000
0.000
6:0
g
0.000
0
0.000
0.000
8:0
g
0.000
0
0.000
0.000
10:0
g
0.000
0
0.000
0.000
12:0
g
0.000
0
0.000
0.000
14:0
g
0.000
0
0.000
0.000
16:0
g
0.014
0
0.000
0.035
18:0
g
0.000
0
0.000
0.000
Fatty acids, total monounsaturated
g
0.022
0
0.000
0.055
16:1 undifferentiated
g
0.003
0
0.000
0.007
18:1 undifferentiated
g
0.018
0
0.000
0.045
20:1
g
0.000
0
0.000
0.000
22:1 undifferentiated
g
0.000
0
0.000
0.000
Fatty acids, total polyunsaturated
g
0.030
0
0.000
0.075
18:2 undifferentiated
g
0.023
0
0.000
0.057
18:3 undifferentiated
g
0.007
0
0.000
0.017
18:4
g
0.000
0
0.000
0.000
20:4 undifferentiated
g
0.000
0
0.000
0.000
20:5 n-3 (EPA)
g
0.000
0
0.000
0.000
22:5 n-3 (DPA)
g
0.000
0
0.000
0.000
22:6 n-3 (DHA)
g
0.000
0
0.000
0.000
Cholesterol
mg
0
0
0.000
0
Amino acids
Tryptophan
g
0.002
0
0.000
0.005
Threonine
g
0.009
0
0.000
0.022
Isoleucine
g
0.004
0
0.000
0.010
Leucine
g
0.015
0
0.000
0.037
Lysine
g
0.020
0
0.000
0.050
Methionine
g
0.002
0
0.000
0.005
Cystine
g
0.002
0
0.000
0.005
Phenylalanine
g
0.011
0
0.000
0.027
Tyrosine
g
0.004
0
0.000
0.010
Valine
g
0.013
0
0.000
0.032
Arginine
g
0.080
0
0.000
0.199
Histidine
g
0.003
0
0.000
0.007
Alanine
g
0.018
0
0.000
0.045
Aspartic acid
g
0.106
0
0.000
0.264
Glutamic acid
g
0.041
0
0.000
0.102
Glycine
g
0.012
0
0.000
0.030
Proline
g
0.079
0
0.000
0.197
Serine
g
0.022
0
0.000
0.055
Other
Alcohol, ethyl
g
0.0
0
0.000
0.0
Caffeine
mg
0
0
0.000
0
Theobromine
mg
0
0
0.000
0
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