Vegeterian-Diabetic

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Comment by Mila on November 19, 2009 at 9:55am

Thank you for your warm welcome, Patrycja !

Comment by Patrycja on November 19, 2009 at 9:16am

Hi Mila, were so glad youre here :)
and I can imagine how hard keeping a fit is due to our disease
but I hope youre doing better and youll finally gain th occure waight
but Im worried you avoid protein, I am a vegeterian but I do eat daily products every day and the fish from time to time
have a felicitous day :)

Comment by Mila on November 16, 2009 at 8:08am

Hi, I'm Mila and I am a type 2 diabetic.
I'm a vegetarian since 30 years and I am overweight due to a thyroid problem and insuline resistance.
Two years ago I lost 5 kgs in half a year being on a low carb diet, but I couldn't stick to it because of the lack of variation in proteins as I don't eat eggs and hardly any dairy. But it kept me off the medication (gliclazide).
At the moment I've gained another 10 kgs and I'm quite desperate.
But I'm very happy to find other vegetarian diabetics here !

Comment by Patrycja on October 21, 2009 at 1:44pm

so I am inferring your type 2. diabetes. But I have a great admirartin for your decision and obstinacy in it. Keep going

Comment by sparrowrose on October 21, 2009 at 8:24am

Patrycja: I'm off all medications now. It took about six months of very-low-fat whole-food vegan to get to that point and it still wasn't really working for me until I cut out all glutens (more Americans are sensitive to gluten than are lactose intolerant! I was surprised to learn that.) and made fresh, ripe, raw fruits and vegetables the staples of my diet.

Everybody's different, though. I saw other people in the PCRM support forum who were able to go off all medications just from going low-fat vegan while still eating processed foods like veggie burgers. I was envious that I had to go so much farther in diet to get results, but now I really like what I eat so I'm not envious any more.

Comment by Patrycja on October 21, 2009 at 8:19am

hello , we're glad you've joined to us Melissa ;)
To Sparrowrose: what kind of quickly acting insulin do you use and are you a pumper?

Comment by sparrowrose on October 20, 2009 at 11:52am

Good Luck! PCRM has been very helpful in my journey to wellness.

Comment by kerri pollack on October 20, 2009 at 9:49am

i just joined this group called physicians committee for responsible medicine (pcrm) and gonna kickstart a new me hope it works
Thanks to all of you really thank you
kerri

Comment by sparrowrose on October 20, 2009 at 9:16am

No, not everyone. :-)

Personally, I'm high-carbing. It's working for me but I'm not a doctor, so I'm not telling anyone else how to eat.

I did a lot of research, starting with medical journals, and as a result I'm on a high-fruit diet. Yeah, I know, we're not supposed to be able to eat fruit! I find if I keep my fat low, the more fruit I eat, the better my blood sugar gets. It doesn't seem very intuitive and it's pretty much the opposite of what my clinic told me to eat, but after a year of great improvement, my doctor said, "well, whatever it is that you're doing, keep doing it! I wish all my patients showed this much improvement."

Comment by Melissa Willby on October 20, 2009 at 5:44am

Hello -- just joined the group and so glad to find other diabetic veggies. Thought everyone was low-carbing or even Aitkens.

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