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Thread: Low-carb diets prove better at controlling type 2 diabetes

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01-08-2009, 12:32 PM

Lloyd

Senior Member

I am a: Type 2

Join Date: Dec 2006

Location: South Dakota

Posts: 902

Quote:

Originally Posted by REDLAN

My personal view on low carb versus low fat diets is that theoretically there should be an advantage for a low carb approach in improving symptoms for type 2. However I am aware through reading that this may not be so. That the effect of diet may mostly be through weight loss.

Look at my A1c's for the past year, when I was no longer losing weight. Also, my Standard Deviation is 14.
I need to lose another 30 lbs yet.
-Lloyd

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Insulin Dependent T2, C-peptide 0.5, Pumping 2 1/2years
10/28/09 5.4 7/20/09 5.4 4/20/09 5.3 1/20/09 A1c 5.2 12/2/08 A1c 5.0 10/6/08 A1c 5.1
8/11/08 A1c 5.2 5/12/08 A1c 4.92/18/08 A1c 4.9 11/2007 A1c 5.3 8/2007 A1c 5.5 6/2007 A1c 5.7
3/2007 A1c 6.9 12/2006, A1c 7.8 9/2006, A1c 8.5 6/2006 A1c 8.7