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Low carb diet leads to “clinical remission” in 3 cases of type 1 diabetes

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Re: Low carb diet leads to “clinical remission” in 3 cases of type 1 diabetes

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Post by dragonfax »

vbtemp wrote: post #4

I was on a low-carb diet for a while. Loved it. Felt great. Was totally fit. All my digestive problems cleared up. I would never get "hangry". By every single subjective measure my quality of life and sense of well-being improved. Then I got my cholesterol checked during a routine blood work and it was through the roof. WTF? Anyone know better than me about this?

The Ketoers say this isn't a problem. That cholestorol is misunderstood, and high values are only bad if you eat high carbs. If your low carb then the high value is actually normal and healthy.

But YMMV

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Post by NathanKP »

vbtemp wrote: post #4

I was on a low-carb diet for a while. Loved it. Felt great. Was totally fit. All my digestive problems cleared up. I would never get "hangry". By every single subjective measure my quality of life and sense of well-being improved. Then I got my cholesterol checked during a routine blood work and it was through the roof. WTF? Anyone know better than me about this?

Yeah a lot of low carb diets replace sugar with super high cholesterol foods. It's not uncommon to hear keto influencers talking about how they can eat as much steak and bacon and cheese as they want.

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Post by v37p »

vbtemp wrote: post #4

I was on a low-carb diet for a while. Loved it. Felt great. Was totally fit. All my digestive problems cleared up. I would never get "hangry". By every single subjective measure my quality of life and sense of well-being improved. Then I got my cholesterol checked during a routine blood work and it was through the roof. WTF? Anyone know better than me about this?

Anecdotal, but the same happened to me. I later fixed it by running for 30 minutes 3x per week, and continue do to so to this day. LDL, HDL, Triglycerides, and blood pressure are all in the healthy ranges. 5.5 years and counting, with no "cheat" days either.

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Post by Bigpet »

proc0 wrote: post #5

Balance in diet seems to be the one principal that will never go away. I'm suspicious of any diet that eats too much of one thing, especially if it claims the other things are harmful.

I think balance is most definitely the best for healthy individuals. But if we're talking about people with some metabolic/gastro-intestinal disorder then I think trying elimination diets is at least worth a shot.

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Post by e40 »

vbtemp wrote: post #4

I was on a low-carb diet for a while. Loved it. Felt great. Was totally fit. All my digestive problems cleared up. I would never get "hangry". By every single subjective measure my quality of life and sense of well-being improved. Then I got my cholesterol checked during a routine blood work and it was through the roof. WTF? Anyone know better than me about this?

High cholesterol does not cause CHD. My PCP doesn't even check it anymore.

There is a lot of money behind the drugs that require us to believe this.

Re: Low carb diet leads to “clinical remission” in 3 cases of type 1 diabetes

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Post by entitydc »

Curious if they have any clearer definition of what they mean by “recently diagnosed.”

Based on the article, it looks like all patients were in their honeymoon period, which certainly makes for a substantial difference from what most would think of as remission - the difference between “clinical remission” and “clinical remission in very controlled circumstances while patients were still capable of producing some insulin.”

It’s pretty well known that LCHF reduces overall insulin requirements, and it’s not surprising that in new patients who are still capable of some production that LCHF would be enough to effectively lengthen the honeymoon period, but in any case I’d argue that the word remission is a pretty poor choice of words for describing the effect seen.

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Post by shipman05 »

vbtemp wrote: post #4

I was on a low-carb diet for a while. Loved it. Felt great. Was totally fit. All my digestive problems cleared up. I would never get "hangry". By every single subjective measure my quality of life and sense of well-being improved. Then I got my cholesterol checked during a routine blood work and it was through the roof. WTF? Anyone know better than me about this?

Low carb doesn't have to mean lots of meat, cheese, and fat. Most people would have positive outcomes from a diet that is 75% whole-food, plant-based no matter what the remaining 25% is.

Re: Low carb diet leads to “clinical remission” in 3 cases of type 1 diabetes

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Post by enchiridion »

vbtemp wrote: post #4

I was on a low-carb diet for a while. Loved it. Felt great. Was totally fit. All my digestive problems cleared up. I would never get "hangry". By every single subjective measure my quality of life and sense of well-being improved. Then I got my cholesterol checked during a routine blood work and it was through the roof. WTF? Anyone know better than me about this?

I've been on the keto diet for a while.

Two important pieces of info surround this.

1. Your body is burning more fat so it has to be mobilized in your blood.

2. Blood cholesterol is actually poorly correlated with cardiovascular health. Cholesterol plaques are actually a bandaid for the inflammation caused by a high carb diet. No inflammation no problem.

I am not a doc, so do your own research.

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