Intermittent fasting
Intermittent fasting is key to losing weight and reducing glucose levels in the blood.
I have been doing intermittent fasting for over 3 months now. I have lost more weight and my glucose levels are normal, bringing me into remission from type 2 diabetes.
In isolation, the differences between intermittent fasting and other diets is that you are not restricting calories. You are just restricting the time you eat.
But when combined with a low carb diet, intermittent fasting is the most effective way to lose weight and reduce glucose levels in the blood. Combined with healthy fat, it is a game changer.
So what is intermittent fasting? Quite simply, it is a pattern of eating where you eat within a certain time period and then fast for the rest of the day.
The most effective way I found was to eat after 5pm and then after going to sleep at night I have a natural fasting period until the next day at 5pm. This is sometimes called the 16:8 method.
If you were to try this without lowering your processed carbohydrate intake and not having healthy fats, you would not likely be able to sustain it. But if you do, you will find that you will lose weight and your glucose levels will reduce. More over, you will find that you will not be hungry during the ‘fasting’ period and this is the real kicker in my opinion.
If you use a libre device or similar that gives you real time data on your glucose levels, you will see what I found to be an astonishing profile, in which my glucose ‘levelled out’ pretty much all of the time, be it morning, noon or night and all of the time being below 7 mmol/L. This was something of a eureka moment for me.
Yes, you still need to comply with core principles of not having sugar or processed carbs as these would inevitably spike your glucose levels but that said, I no longer feel unreasonable hunger and can take control of my eating habits.