When I was first diagnosed with T2 diabetes I was sent to a dietitian who handed me all kinds of pretty literature from the ADA about how great grains and pasta is for diabetics and food pyramids and “eat want you want in moderation and use insulin.”
After 5 years I decided that method was bullshit designed just to sell insulin. Went keto and was off insulin withn 2 months and haven’t had a drop of extraneous insulin since (7 years).
My doctors advised against me going keto because the ADA recommends their diet. When I explained I was going to try it anyway because it made sense that if my body was having trouble processing glucose, that eating a diet that minimized glucose would probably have a beneficial effect.
It was at that point that I realized that many doctors are simply following a treatment formula. Ultimately the ADA had to recognize that keto can be affective at managing diabetes. Yet, they still publish the pretty literature that advises type 2 diabetics to eat a diet that for them is significantly worse than a low carb diet.
After 5 years I decided that method was bullshit designed just to sell insulin. Went keto and was off insulin withn 2 months and haven’t had a drop of extraneous insulin since (7 years).
My doctors advised against me going keto because the ADA recommends their diet. When I explained I was going to try it anyway because it made sense that if my body was having trouble processing glucose, that eating a diet that minimized glucose would probably have a beneficial effect.
It was at that point that I realized that many doctors are simply following a treatment formula. Ultimately the ADA had to recognize that keto can be affective at managing diabetes. Yet, they still publish the pretty literature that advises type 2 diabetics to eat a diet that for them is significantly worse than a low carb diet.