Re: LCHF diet for type 1 diabetes What do you think?

Strange that I saw this post in the T2DM Alternatives forum...

When I initially got my T2 under control I started with Paleo and LCHF...

It definitely works however you have to be really really careful that you're eating a wide variety of foods...

The typical eat coconut oil idea doesn't always work with 100% of people - you might be the small 2-10% group that can't handle coconut or eating high amounts of fat...

There can be side effects of high fat and effects on your gut health from it...

Huge amounts of fat especially oil can worsen your gut health and your heart health...

Eventually I moved away from straight Paleo or LCHF... because of the impact on my gut health...

You'll want to stick to nuts and seeds if possible... there's a good guide on what to eat at diabetesmasteryblueprint dot com that helped me in the past... the diabetic who wrote it talks a lot about these "super good" carbs which 90% of people just don't eat even though it's cheap and readily available...

I also discovered that FODMAPs or even healthy foods with FODMAPs or fructooligosaccharides can really give you gut problems while on LCHF or Paleo if you're not careful...

A good starting list of foods to avoid can be found here: stanfordhealthcare.org/content/dam/SHC/for-patients-component/programs-services/clinical-nutrition-services/docs/pdf-lowfodmapdiet.pdf

You just don't need that much meat really... and there are actually "good" carbs and starch that you can eat that doesn't spike your blood Sugar at all...

You just have to avoid the easy or white carb stuff like wheat, rice and potatoes...

Just to say, you can ask your doctor for advice about changing your diet however many doctors are typically pretty clueless about LCHF in general and their recommendations often mirror the really flawed ADA guidelines...

It's generally pretty safe to do LCHF all on your own even if you don't ask your doctor as long as you're eating around 30-50 carbs minimum per day... any lower than that and you're going to be pushing your body to the limit...

At that point you might be trying to go keto which is pretty tough usually...

If you're eating "good carbs", those don't count to the limit... if you're following something like that in Diabetes Mastery Blueprint for example... Tweet