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In reply to the discussion: Big Pharma Sells Risky Meds We Don’t Need for Disorders It Made Up That We Don’t Have [View all]Ms. Toad
(34,065 posts)But by noon it is close to as high as I'm willing to tolerate (140), even if it was in the 70s when I went to bed. (Part of that, at the moment, is physical stress from the cancer battle). But like I said - steroid induced diabetes is much more challenging to manage - glad to hear you're managing so well!
Mine, so far, is very easy as long as I'm willing to eat a low carb diet and keep testing new foods so I know how I react. What I miss are whole grains - which I can sneak a bit of as long as I have it with wine. (5 oz of wine drops my BG to around 70 - giving me about 30 net grams more carbs to play with - thank goodness for a liver with a one-track mind.
Once I completely recover from the cancer treatment, I'm going to do one more go at the 8-week blood sugar diet, based on two studies (with a third ongoing) by Roy Taylor. It's a very small data set, but very well documented as to many different measures. In 6 weeks I progressed from diabetes to prediabetes (based on an OGTT - so not just management, an actual difference in the ability to tolerate carbohydrates). Not safe, though, for cancer recovery because of the risk of inadequate calorie and micronutrients. If it doesn't work - I still have the very adequate dietary management. If it does work, I'll have a bit more leeway with what I can eat - although I don't expect to take many liberties with it just to be on the safe side.