['Hamas' Jenkins]

Originally Posted by Jerok

My older brother is fat and diabetic. 2 years ago he mentioned some of his symptoms, including frequent urinating and I said I did that, thirsty all the time, so he let me use his blood sugar monitor to test my blood sugar after eating some pancakes. I was over 300 blood sugar. Went to doctor and she put me on metformin, my A1C was 10.5.

Over the next two years, I let my diet and medications lapse. I was drinking soda and having too many desserts, I have a big sweet tooth. About a month ago, I started feeling foot pain and numbness. I read about diabetic neuropathy and it scared the crap out of me, so I decided to make big changes. I started a keto diet along with intermittent fasting. I checked my readings of blood sugars before, and I was 200-250, and within a few days it dropped between 100-140, and today I had two readings in the 90's.

Basically now I eat close to zero carbs from anything except vegetables. Avoid all grain and sugar and fast carbs. It's not the worst, there are tons of home recipes that use great tasting fats like butter and creme cheese and meat and spices, which I can have a lot of. For take out I get rotisserie chicken from Walmart, subway salad, cheeseburgers minus the bun, 5 guys has a lettuce wrap for instance.

For fasting I skip breakfast and don't eat lunch until 2 or 3, then I have dinner around 6 or 7 so I have a 4-5 hour feeding window. I've done a 4 day fast and plan on doing a 5-7 day fast on my vacation coming up Labor Day week.

Hypo can be dangerous for Type II diabetics. Be careful. FWIW, in most cases if your A1C is over 9 they'll start you on insulin, because Metformin can't lower your A1C enough.