Diabetic Mediterranean Diet

Wendy Knapp Pogozelski is a Chemistry professor at State University of New York.  After she was diagnosed with LADA (latent onset diabetes of adulthood), she researched the available diabetes diets and achieved good blood sugar control on a carbohydrate-restricted diet and just seven units of insulin a day.

Then she saw a dietitian who convinced her to follow conventional wisdom and increase carbs to at least 130 grams daily.

The result was that my HbA1c rose above 7 percent. My blood sugar levels were frequently in the 200 to 300 mg/dl range (far above the normal level of about 85 mg/dl), even when I supplemented with extra insulin. My former dose of seven units of insulin per day increased to 30 units per day.

I’m not sure what she did after that.

Read more here.

Details are in The International Journal of Obesity.

Details are at Diabetes Care.

…at least if you’re Japanese.

According to an article in Diabetes Care: 

“Resistance exercise causes less initial decline in blood glucose during the activity but is associated with more prolonged reductions in postexercise glycemia than aerobic exercise. This might account for HbA_1c reductions found in studies of resistance exercise but not aerobic exercise in type 1 diabetes.”

…details are at The Atlantic.  This is exciting!

Read about Franziska Spritzler’s experience.  Some quotes: 

Well, after consistently consuming 30-45 grams of net carbs a day for six months, I have only positive things to say about my very-low-carb experience. Not only are my blood sugar readings exactly where they should be — less than 90 fasting and less than 130 an hour after eating — but I truly feel healthier,  less stressed, and more balanced than ever.

 

My diet consists of lots of fat from avocados, nuts and nut butters, olive oil, and cheese; moderate amounts of fish, chicken, beef, Greek yogurt, and eggs; and at least one serving of nonstarchy vegetables at every meal and a small serving of berries at breakfast.  It’s truly a rich, satisfying, and luxurious way to eat.