Dr. Sarah Hallberg - 'Low Carbohydrate Diet for Type 2 Diabetes Reversal'

Dr. Sarah Hallberg received her Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree in 2002 and practiced as a primary care physician for eight years before becoming the medical director and founder of the Indiana University-Arnett Health Medical Weight Loss Program. She is board-certified by both the American Board of Obesity Medicine and the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dr. Hallberg also has a Master’s and Bachelor’s of Science in Kinesiology and Exercise Science from Illinois State University and has worked as a fitness trainer and instructor.
Dr. Hallberg is currently the Medical Director at Virta Health. She also created the Medically Supervised Weight Loss Program at Indiana University Health Arnett and serves as its Medical Director. She is an adjunct Clinical Professor of Medicine at Indiana University School of Medicine. Dr. Hallberg is an expert in diabetes care and is board certified in Internal Medicine, Obesity Medicine, and Clinical Lipidology and also a Registered Clinical Exercise Physiologist from the ACSM.

[@michaelmayes5867]

I was so sad to hear this wonderful woman passed away. What an angel of health care.

[@dysonmadison1016]

which woman died?

[@1littlefish]

@@dysonmadison1016 the speaker died of lung cancer March 29, 2022

[@mohdshafie9762]

@@1littlefish RIP

[@raewise6345]

So sad. I've heard her name mentioned many times in these lectures.

[@LaneCodeRedCarnivore]

My God , I'm sure she had an excellant diet ! How could lung cancer happen ??

[@patriciaerving1071]

This woman was a great blessing to us. It sadden my heart that she is gone. She has given me so much knowledge of how to eat to live and reverse my type 2 diabetes.. We need more doctors like her who do the real healing of the body.

[@carriesullivan2214]

As a nurse I really enjoyed this lecture. As someone who is prediabetic at a normal weight and BMI I am thankful to find this. Low carb eating is the only way for me.

[@myrtle1234]

The marvel of this lecture is that, as of the time of this lecture, Dr. Hallberg was in an ongoing fight with terminal cancer. Still fighting for her patients. She is on the Peter Attia podcast discussing it.

[@maribelquesada5651]

@@myrtle1234 I watched the interview, so touching how she talked about her journey and kiddos

[@silvanapetrozzi7343]

Same here I’m prediabetic normal BMI and weight so was at a loss as losing weight was not that easy option for me. What sort of low carb have you been doing if you don’t mind me asking???

[@artemishunter8993]

Lot of great lectures and videos. I'm so happy to have found them over the past 3 years. Dr Paul Mason, Ben Bikman PhD, Amber O'Hearn, Peter Ballersted, Dr Georgia Ede, Prof Tim Noakes, Diet Doctor, Low Carb Down Under, Virta Health, Carnivore Yogi, Kelly Hogan, Amy Berger, Dr Jason Fung, Dr Robert Cywes, Dr Annette Bosworth, Dr Ken Berry, Dr Sten Ekberg, Dr Robert Lustig, Dr DiNicolantonio, Dr Richard Bernstein, Dr Jaime Seeman, Dr Stephen Phinney, Dr Jeff Volek, Dr Gary Fettke, Dave Feldman, Gary Taubes, Nina Teicholz, Ivor Cummins

[@tulips7465]

Me too but I'm diabetic with normal BMI. Huhu. I'm hoping to reverse it with low carb diet.

[@eliyanongusa3880]

I used to fear getting diabetes because my grand parents had them, my Aunt died at 48 due to diabetes complications and both of my parents are diabetics too. At 23, I’m seeing signs already like food hangover, uncontrollable thirst, I was hungry all the time and the list goes on. Now, I felt empowered with this knowledge that I am able to take control of my health, weight and life.

[@myrtle1234]

Congratulations!

[@kathleendexter5999]

Dr. Hallberg helped me save my life...twice. I found her 2015 TEDTalk after researching how to reverse the Type 2 Diabetes diagnosis for both my son and myself (our A1Cs were over 9 in June 2016). That video helped both of us (and my entire family) walk the Keto path. A year later, after a 40+ pound weight loss (each), the Stage 3, Class C HER2+ tumors were located in my breast and right ancillary region. I’d never stared at death like that before but when my oncologist told me how grateful he was to be signing off on curative therapy instead of palliative care, it truly hit home. I was 352 pounds on a 5’8” frames and wearing 38-42 dress size. I had bariatric surgery (gastric lap band) in April 2007 and lost 50 pounds in four (4) months. It was not successful as I found it much easier to eat a lot of food in conjunction with a good amount of hot liquids (hot coffee or tea) to relax my esophagus. A lot of simple carbs, from ice cream to pastas, were no issue but when it came to eating the food I was supposed to eat due to my anemia, I was constantly blocked. I had the lapband removed 8 years later. With no restriction, I ate and ate. There was NO control. Carbs ruled my life and I felt horrible. Keto and Low Carb helped me save my life. My antigen numbers are at their lowest. I now understand, now that I’ve faced the hardest battles in my life, experienced physical discomfort to a point where I was nearly tired of trying, that food isn’t worth it. Now, a 20:4 Time Restricted Feeding and Ketogenic Lifestyle are putting things into perspective for me. Life is Good. I adore you, Dr. Hallberg. I am so thankful of your tireless work and energy you put into helping people save their own lives. God Bless you. ❤️

[@lihatjalanan1979]

PLease share what you do , thank you

[@JoshCanahan]

I really really want to talk with the Dr , I’ve diabetes and it would be amazing if she can see me , do you know where I can find her ?

[@Mrs.TJTaylor]

Holy smokes! What a story! Dr. Hallberg is heroic in going up against mainstream medicine, but it was YOU who turned your health around. Congratulations!

[@omersadiq9171]

@@JoshCanahan Dr Sara passed away

[@lorilee7213]

Thank you for your honesty. A friend of mines daughter in-law had the lap band and didn't lose a lb. In 6 months. I asked my friend how can that be ? She told she couldn't handle it and learned how to cheat it , with shakes constantly. She is in a bad place now a year later. So glad you changed things around. I am a food addict and finally had to see it for what it was, when my new Dr. diagnosed me with type 2 D. a couple months ago. The first visit she stuck me with a needle ce back and said your Diabetic, here's a script for a monitor , a script of Metformin and sign up for the class on Sat. That was it. I asked her why I didn't have the aC1 test ,she said no need for that and it's expensive. They had classed the Diabetes class 4 months ago and I'm doing my own thing. I never did take the Metformin,because of all the horrible side affects. I'm 56 and disabled with organ issues already. I've lost 32 lbs in 23 days on Keto. Thank God I did Atkins in the 70s with my older sister and Keto twice a few years ago. I lost 14 lbs in two weeks both times but didn't feel real good. Not good enough to start exercising. I actually ended up in the hospital for three days because of constipation. Not going in 6 days. I've been bloated for years even without going to the bathroom I wasn't bloated at all. At the hospital they found my potassium was dangerously low and I will never forget the urgency of 3 nurses rushing in a I.V. with Potassium in it. I figured Keto was over it scared me. I'm sorry didn't mean to right a book here. Thank you for all the work you have done and the info you give us all. You must be a great Dr. I wish You were my Dr. God bless you . Lov Of your patience

[@thomaskeets3194]

I have been on keto and intermittent fasting for 4 years now and continue to keep my diabetes in reversal. Current A1C is 5.4 and continues to fall with every blood test check.

[@BritGirlJay]

I had pre-diabetes (6.2) and my health insurance bombarded me with leaflets about 'managing your new disease' and I just thought 'oh hell no' and went on lchf/keto. A year or so later, HBA1C is 5.2/5.1. 3 years in now, and stable HBA1C.

[@TheFrankHummer]

Keto for 20 years, I.F. for 2 years. I also have a good a1c (5.3). Fortunately I never had T2 Diabetes.

[@envisionCamusa]

Good job Keep it going

[@rhlang11]

about - how many grams of carbs. do you count? what are your favorite fats, snacks? etc. thanks! R

[@ednorton47]

@Mizz Khan Read the labels on everything you eat and keep a daily log of grams of carbohydrates consumed. To start out, keep the daily total below 50 grams of carbohydrates. Don't bother trying to count calories. You will lose weight, probably quite a lot. If you hit a plateau with your weight and it still has not reached the ideal level, then lower the number of carbs consumed daily to 20. You will then break through the plateau and will lose some additional weight. When you finally hit your ideal weight, you can probably go back up to 50 carbs daily and still maintain that weight.

[@maxibake9323]

RIP Dr Sarah Hallberg. Condolences to her Family, Friends, & all who knew her. 🙏

[@rickgiernoth4952]

I usually don't post, but I wanted to share because I was inspired by some of you in these comments. Three months ago my doc said I was at A1C 6.4 and a high fasting rate of 157 blood glucose. I gave low carb a shot, 20 net carbs per day. Today, I got new results after the low carb. 5.1 A1C, 101 glucose. My cholesterol went down 31 points, my triglycerides went down 153 points and I lost 40 lbs. I was slightly over the limit on my liver panel, so I will address that, but those weren't over the top, probably some fatty liver is what I was told.

[@T-aka-T]

Fantastic. Great job! You are one more N+1 who makes a difference. When we all report back, we make 1+1+1+1+1+1 and the rest. Eventually all that (lost) weight and improved trigs & HDL & AIC & BG will tip the scales towards health for more people.

[@UwUPLAYZ.]

how are you doing today? are you able to keep meds off?

[@lauraanderson5407]

You are certainly on the right path. I hope your doctor recognizes that, despite the training he receives.

[@neatoketo6238]

I've been waiting to hear the two year Virta Health results, and they're just as good as I anticipated! Great work Dr. Hallberg! I'll always be forever grateful for her Ted Talk that led me to keto 3.5 years ago.

[@KETODiamond]

Keto sure did reverse type 2 diabetes for me, and within just a few months! So thrilled with my current health and life!

[@netmonk]

Show me your oral glucose tolerance test result.

[@SuperfedzPal]

@@netmonk I diabetic who reversed diabetes with never pass a OGTT.

[@camarobo9244]

@@netmonk your argument is that because he takes a glucose load similar to the load that caused his disease, that he didn't reverse it? If a rat doesn't eat poison and doesn't die, do we feed him poison to see if he can survive? Type 2 people must sustain low carb to stay in remission. They are not cured, but they are healed.

[@theresiavanleeuwen7140]

Thank you for,your share. How do I find the receipies?

[@theotherway1639]

The mindfulness book "30 Days to Overcome Sugar Addiction" by Harper Daniels is a good resource.

[@caroldees9075]

Wish this speech could be shown on TV!! It's so important for everyone! Very easy to understand!!

[@Jefferdaughter]

Go ahead and send links to this presentation to everyone you know. Why wait for others to spread the good news? Television, like the rest of media, has become controlled by a handful of large corporations. They are not likely to be interested in spreading this kind of information. After all, much of their advertising income is from drug companies and processed food manufacturers.

[@jerrydodgin2008]

If you are overweight type 2 as I was, now down 45 lbs a1c 5.9 weight 165. It took me 4 months of carnivor OMAD to get here. You can do it. :)

[@alphacause]

That is wonderful. Thank you for sharing your story.

[@mrivera7560]

What is OMAD?

[@LegendaryMom]

One Meal A Day

[@lynntrovert2471]

Carnivore is brilliant; because it makes LCHF relatively simple while also removing the slow process of identifying inflammatory foods by just removing them all at the same time.

[@michaelalpine4198]

I am saddened to learn that this beautiful and giving person has passed away. My love and sympathy to her family.

[@shelly2758]

Wow...that’s pretty much crystal clear, in your face info. Thank, doc !

[@princesssilverblood]

RIP Dr. Sarah Hallberg!!! You will be terribly missed!!! :C

[@leeboudreaux6698]

What happened to her?

[@danpan001]

​@@leeboudreaux6698She passed lung cancer.

[@JesusChristisKingandLord]

Wow! I love how she is so passionate about helping people. Since March 1, I've been on IF and LC. Thank you for this video!!!! Watching from the Philippines.

[@karenmcneill2602]

Brilliant talk!!! I love Dr Sarah's enthusiasm and her emphasis on patient choice. She knows what she is talking about. Such a change from the Docs I see.

[@jaymumford5749]

Bless you Dr. Sarah. rest in peace. Why is this not taught in medical schools?

[@MuzzaC]

ok, so I don't know if everyone will believe this, because I don't and neither do my doctors. I was told 5 weeks ago that for the first time my blood tests showed I was diabetic. I have had a kidney transplant so I have blood tests every 3 months. My HbA1c was 8.1. I found this video the next day, downloaded an app to track my carbs and went hard, some days they were in single digits, but stayed below 30g every day. I did another blood test after just over 4 weeks and got the results today. I'm officially in remission, the test came back at 6.4!

[@jerseyjim9092]

Sarah and other doctors like her who break with the pack and follow truth where ever it leads them are heroes in my book. Keto has been a life changer for me. I just wished I had known the truth decades ago before so much damage had been done. Looking back I had many of the signs of insulin resistance but because my BG readings with "within range" my doctor never raised any red flags. I can remember going to him about 20 years or more ago complaining of being tired, especially after lunch. He told me I was eating too much protein at lunch. Can you believe it?

[@ravingcyclist624]

Excellent presentation! LCHF has worked for me for over 1 year. It's good to finally see official acceptance.

[@danpan001]

What kind of fat? Still on low carb?

[@MrMatt1138]

Diagnosed 2.5 years ago with T2 diabetes, (around 7.0 A1c.) Immediately I went on a LCHF diet of approximately 20 net grams of carbs per day. Within 90 days I had an A1c of approximately 5.2. My A1c, or any daily BG measurement for that matter, has been stable at 5.1 - 5.3 or norma,l since then. Never once has it been out of that range since. That is a reversal of type 2 diabetes, I think. (Also lost 55 lbs during this period and no more diabetic drugs, including 3 other drugs - working currently on coming off the 4th drug.)

[@alphacause]

Great job! Congratulations, and thank you for sharing your story.

[@jessewilson2621]

This is fantastic! I was just diagnosed with type 2 with an A1c of 7.1, I’ve dabbled with low carb on and off fr years and once lost 55 lbs. this is the wake up call. Started keto last week and we will get this under control.

[@mercedezlucke-benedict1122]

Thank you for sharing

[@fromthepeanutgallery1084]

Where are you with this today?

[@danpan001]

​@@jessewilson2621how are you doing?

[@rhiannonjoy114]

she was a REAL doctor. sad she passed away. I wish more doctors were REAL.

[@tomcaron9113]

This presentation is great and it works, I’ve done it. Was interesting when she said the patient needs to be the one to decide when to get off of Metformin that there was very little applause.

[@georgerydberg4393]

29 years T2D and then went keto. No insulin, numbers around 100 and A1C of 5.5. Quit insulin in 1 month.

[@markfrombriz]

Well done, similar to me, I wish I had known it was this easy

[@davisange]

Can you give some ideas of what you eat and your routines, also things you do not eat. Do you exercise, if so how often?

[@commonsense246]

You fight and fight, all kinds of co-morbidities and in the end you die of cancer? It's just so disheartening because even if you reverse your diabetes, it could be my AFIB, a stroke or heart failure that gets me. The fragility of the human body constantly belies the remarkable stamina and toughness of it. It so depresses me, I pray that I will have the tenacity she had to keep fighting "that dark night".

[@darlenebattle3005]

My condolences over the death of Sarah Halliberg. I say a prayer for her family.

[@DesireeHooper-fj7mw]

Thank you, she has changed my life, I followed her examples, I'm living with out diabetes medication, right now. I want to visit her grave site and and pay respect, thank you. I'm in remission.

[@zewduwondifraw5923]

She saves millions of lives. But you passed away because of cancer. Very astonishing. Really thank you, Dr. Hallberg, for your significant contribution to fighting type 2 diabetes.

[@alphacause]

As always, Dr. Sarah Hallberg gives some of the most inspirational talks within the low carb space, because she, more than any other physician, can point to the large scale published clinical evidence of the efficacy of the low carb way of eating. As an aside, I recently was having an argument with a vegan, and as is normally the case with ideologues, the back and forth was fruitless. Finally, I linked that vegan to Dr. Hallberg's past presentations, where she showed the published evidence of the effectiveness of her clinical intervention. It was at this point that this vegan became practically apoplectic with rage. I simply asked him to adduce a vegan study, which had the same large number of participants, where controls ensuring compliance were of similar quality to Dr. Hallberg's study, which could show the same degree of reversal of diabetes, among the same number of participants, who had diabetes for as long as Dr. Hallberg's patients had. For those of you who have ever engaged with a rabid vegan online, you could probably guess what happened next. The rhetoric coming from his side devolved into name calling, vulgarity, and groundless accusations that this was all funded by the meat industry. Its so sad that a religious zeal for ones worldview can cause so many to be blind to evidence.

[@Jefferdaughter]

@Sirius White - Dr. Barry groves also mentions the harmful effects of a vegan diet on the brain in 'What We Are Designed to Eat' kzbin.info/www/bejne/ip2rq2eKba-Ir7M

[@Jefferdaughter]

'There is no reasonable way to reason with unreasonable people.' Yet it may not be their fault. After all, without sufficient quality nutrients to build brains and maintain optimal brain function, how can we expect them to think? Dr. Barry Groves created an excellent presentation 'What We Are Designed to Eat' which provides some frightening information on the effects of a vegan diet on the brain kzbin.info/www/bejne/ip2rq2eKba-Ir7M Nora Gedgaudas is among the speakers who have presented some of the mounting evidence that humans evolved large brains BECAUSE our ancestors began to eat fatty meats. It has long been known by anthropologists that humans became shorter, had less well-developed skeletal structure, poor dentition, more tooth decay - and smaller brains* - when they adopted crop agriculture and began relying on 'whole grains' and legumes (beans, peas, etc) as dietary staples. * As a percentage of total body size Dr. Georgia Ede, MD is a psychologist who presented 'Our Descent into Madness: Modern Diets and the Global Mental Health Crisis' kzbin.info/www/bejne/ionPh5mtf5uFh7c - and 'Mood and Memory: How Sugar Affects Brain Chemistry' kzbin.info/www/bejne/hWnIg2OIaNiAftk Yup, 'hangry' is a real thing. Several hours after ingesting sugar (or starch, since starch is sugar), pepple tend to have adrenaline spikes, experienced by some people as anxiety, and others as aggression.

[@Jefferdaughter]

PS - The profit in food is primarily in selling agricultural chemicals and machinery, but especially the chemicals. Million of pounds of herbicides, insecticides, and fungicides are sprayed on our food and feed crops and soil every year. Virtually all bodies of water in ag regions are contaminated with these chemicals. Most of the groundwater (wells, etc) is, too. These chemicals are harming and killing fish, amphibians, beneficial insects (there are normally a thousand or more for every 'pest' insect), birds, and mammals. These chemicals do not break down to harmless compounds in nature. They are contaminating not just our food but our bodies. Babies (the young of humans) are being born pre-polluted with hundreds of man0made chemicals detectable in their cordblood. The other highly profitable food sector is processed food. Animal-source foods tend to be perishable. Seeds and sugar tend to be 'shelf stable'. Processed grains and soybeans, HFCS, and sugars - laced with chemical food additives - are infamous for lasting for years. Producing meat, milk, and milk products from the dairy, by comparison, is not very profitable. Dairy farmers, for instance, have been selling out in droves since the turn of the century - because they work hard to produce a quality product for which they are often paid LESS THAN THE COST OF PRODUCTION. During this same period, of course, milk processors have been showing strong profits. There was even a successful lawsuit against the processors for wrongdoing against diary farmers. Yet, like most corporations these days, they tend to treat this as a 'normal' cost of doing business. Commercial chicken farmers are convinced by the chicken processors/marketers to bear all the risk of producing chicken - they invest in the expensive buildings, buy the feed, buy the bedding, etc, pay for the electricity to run the fans, etc. They MUST do everything EXACTLY as the processors tell them to - they cannot open a window, or let the birds have access to the out-of-doors,* and must usually buy the feed from the processors. And they must take the price that the processors offer them. Chicken farmers have no options. The processors OWN ALL THE POULTRY PROCESSING PLANTS. Chicken farmers, in nearly every State, can sell no more than 1,000 birds direct to consumers. Would you be surprised to learn that the commercial chicken farmers are often paid only a few pennies a chicken over their costs? Sometimes a single penny. * 'Free-range' chicken sold by the big corporations - Tyson, etc, are usually only allowed access to outside the last couple weeks of their 7-8 week lifespans. Usually only through a tiny door that few birds ever find, that opens onto a concrete apron next to the warehouse/chickenhouse. True free-range poultry is only found on smaller farms, usually owned and operated by families who care about the animals, the land, and the quality of their products. The commercial poultry farmers are also left to dispose of the bedding and manure. On enough healthy land with living soils, this could be a blessing. However, in addition to the GMO grains, there are residues of ag chemicals, drugs fed to the birds, and chemicals used on the bedding. We humans are so good at taking blessings and turning them into problems. Pork production has also shifted to industrial-style CAFOs, with similar issues that result from taking swine (hogs and their pigs) out of their ecological niches and treating them as though they are machines. These days, with very, very few exceptions, the farmers who are making a good living are marketing directly to consumers, and are raising livestock in a way that lets them fill their role in the relationship between plants and soil life. Yet increasingly onerous laws and regulations have made it more and more difficult for independent farmers to do this. The example of chicken farmers not having access to processing is one example, but there are many more. PETA types have turned their attention from the CAFOs, with razor wire fences and teams of lawyers, to harassing the small farms practicing sustainable and regenerative agriculture. Police and animal control officers are also harassing these farms. We should support our small, local farms - while we still have any choice at all of where we buy our food, and from whom.

[@Jefferdaughter]

Vegans seem unaware that humans are animals, too. Or that all animals die. Or the reality that most all life on Earth lives because something else died. They are apparently oblivious to the harm done to animals through large-scale industrial style crop production- grains, soy, other beans and seeds, vegetables and fruits. Animals are run over by large machinery. Dens are plowed under. Animals are sprayed with toxic chemicals. Their habitats are destroyed. Windbreaks and hedgerows planted to combat soil erosion after The Dustbowl have been ripped out. Fencelines that allowed farmes to allow livestock to eat the spilled grain and stalks left after harvest, or knocked down by hail storms, etc have been ripped out. Most of the bodies of water in most of the country has been contaminated by industry, human sewage, and/or the BILLIONS of pounds of toxic chemicals sprayed each year - much of it 'cides' sprayed on cropland and on our food and feed crops. The RAIN is contaminated. Does anyone actually think that this does no harm to animals? The bacteria that live on the heat and chemical energy of volcanic vents deep in the oceans may be the only life on Earth that does not live on the remains of other life- and they form the base of a food chain where everything else is busy eating those microbes, and eating the eaters. Watching a few wildlife documentaries should remind anyone that life and death in that idyllic place we call 'the wild' is often an ordeal. Animals are seldom concerned about dealing a swift and painless death to their prey. While many aspects of industrialized agriculture are less than ideal, and there are some occasions where individuals are needlessly thoughtless, for the most part the animals we consume have a life of plenty. They never go hungry. They usually have shelter from weather extremes that their wild counterparts do not. They are protected from being chased and ripped apart by predators. For domestic livestock, the end is usually swift and painless. All we need to do now is provide livestock with a video streaming service and social media. Snark aside, there are plenty of small, medium, and larger farms across the USA using ecological principles to produce food. Treating the farm like an ecosystem requires animals, as there are no ecosystems on Earth without animals. Herbivores, omnivores, predators, the plant community and the soil dwelling life are all parts of a larger whole. Removing any of these damages the entire system. If we do not blame the wolf or the jaguar for filling their role in the dance of life, why do we blame ourselves?

[@hectorvargas8547]

@@Jefferdaughter Of the many commenters one finds in this media, you seem to always have great comments that add to the lectures you comment on. I am always glad to find them and read them all. Please keep them coming. Thank you very much.

[@swaransingh2827]

Beautiful girl, good voice and useful lecture. God bless you dear. Keep it on.

[@sharinaross1865]

RIP Dr. Sarah. Your Ted Talk resonates with me. Goodness: Enjoy Life to the Fullest. Enjoy Food. Work, Play, Sleep.

[@chrisedginton6996]

The concern I have with the emergent nature of the crisis of Type II diabetes is the challenge of motivating millions of patients - people that (wrongfully) consider themselves healthy - to make change. If someone doesn't feel sick, they see no reason to change - say nothing about changing something so fundamental as what they eat and drink. I find that CardioMetabolic panels are helpful to SHOW patients their problem, but even that sometimes takes convincing to get. Love the video!

[@VisibleHon33]

Rip Sarah you we’re truly great🙏🏾

[@edestrella5121]

Doing low carb lowers my a1c in 3 months from 6.2 to 5.7 still looking forward to reach my target below 5. Great topic! Keep on sharing to help more people with diabetes which doctors keep on killing them and patronizing pharmaceutical companies

[@UwUPLAYZ.]

hows the a1c now? thanks

[@lenguyenngoc479]

Nice, now I need an update I bet 100 bucks u are still on med or insulin on this LCHF diet🙃

[@danpan001]

What is your number now? Are you still on low carb diet?

[@joannesmith8840]

Just discovered her today and so sad she's passed away 😢

[@lorilee7213]

Ditto

[@khairuleven]

RIP dr Sarah Hallberg

[@goldmelons]

very promising and im happy to learn on this. But im curious regarding how patients with type 2 diabetes with neuropathy concerns?

[@skydivebungy]

RIP beautiful soul 🙏🏻💗 Thank you 💜🧡💚

[@jameskantor0459]

What a wonderful speaker .

[@michaelwerner7090]

Diagnosed Type II the day before my 60th Birthday plus fatty liver and triglycerides too high to read. Day before that I was told I had Sugar in my urine. That day my gut told me I had moved from prediabetic to diabetic. Instinct told me to go Keto and I started it that evening. In 6 days, I dropped from a blood sugar of 202 to 162. My cheats in this time 3 french fries, 48 nestle toll-house milk chocolate chips, two chocolate milks (whole milk and nesquick). Been doing treadmill from 1 week before diagnosis and doubled my calorie burn in the same amount of time. Bought Diabetes for dummies and picked up low carb and diabetes cook book from relatives. Was ready to review ADA guidelines and implement the cookbook or other low carb plans. So...., really glad I found Dr. Hallbergs' videos on KZbin. I appreciate her comments that each persons journey will be unique due to the multitude of factors driving each persons situation to include their carb load tolerance. It is my goal to drop 20-30 lbs in 3 months, another 25 the next 3 months and the final 10-20 by the 9th month. During the same time, I hope to have daily sugar in the 100-110 range (or lower if applicable) by the end of the first 3 months and A1C at 6 or lower the following 3 months and below 5 by 9 months. BTW 6 days in and my gums have quit bleeding, my leg swelling is going down and general pains in arms and legs are subsiding. Looking at beginning a VLOG after Christmas to record my efforts and results. Pray for me and I will likewise do so for the others of us with this condition.

[@skinnydee1886]

God bless her dear soul as she's now resting peacefully 💐 🙏 ❤

[@douglasbaker5949]

Was just reading another doctor that said Palio diet wasn’t good for type 2. He felt that having his patients eat every 2 to 3 hours. To me that would keep would keep the blood sugar levels always high. Just doesn’t make sense to me how he was coming up with this way of treatment. I’ve been on OMAD, KETO and intermediate fasting for a 5 weeks and have lost 31 pounds. Haven’t done blood sugar yet but blood pressure is down to 120/75.

[@carnivoreessie]

This was a very informative video and so helpful!! I like your transparency.

[@AK-ff7qq]

I was diagnosed withe T2D over 6 years ago. Put on Metformin when the big scare about side effects was out. Took it for about a year and quit it. 3 years ago went to emergency room and tested at over 600 blood glucose level. Put on Glipiside at 10mg. Started changing my diet and within 6 months went down to 5mg. Started with my so called rule of 10 diet. Anything with over 10 grams of carbs per serving. I stopped eating. It helped but not enough. Found a way of finding the foods that were still creating the problem. Stopped eating grains and vegetables high in starch. Mainly root vegetables. Also many fruits had to go too. I've been off my diabetes medications completely now for over a year. Holding an A1C between 5.8 and 6.0. Getting more into intermittent fasting now. I started out with my first diagnosis weighing at 210 lbs. Now I'm at 175. Low carb worked for me!!! Also my blood tests show everything at middle or low safe areas. Bad choleserol at 73 etc. I use the keto bread, pasta and desert recipes as a replacement for the high carb grains ones.

[@caroleanne8529]

Your progress on your own is admirable. Dr. Ahmet Ergin has a video, "How to count carbs easily." In that, he tells you the serving size and number of carbs for pretty much all the foods.

[@ewaluchter-wasylewska763]

RIP Sarah!

[@spaceghost8995]

I don't have diabetes luckily, but I dropped 49 pounds in less than five months eating mostly keto and eating once a day . I'm 6-2 I was 280 now I weigh 231 ! My A1C is 5.0 IDK what it was before I started diet though.

[@fredjones2116]

well done; spread the message!

[@cece3194]

With all that is available to us here in the USA, only 12.2% are in good metabolic health!! That's sickening!!

[@lisahagerman1587]

Metformin isn't really helping, but I am staying with it for a few more months....KETO and LCHF is the only way I am dropping my blood sugar. Looking forward to A1C in November!!!

[@stephenolan5539]

How was your A1C? And you need exercise as well a a good diet. And include resistance exercises.

[@joyce3790]

Wish I could find a doctor like her in the Dallas, TX area.

[@CM-sf9bc]

I agree. Not much in Colorado either.

[@ResearchSci2024]

Virta is online. You get medical advice for low carb and diabetes. $500 up front, $325 per month, you’ll have to ask if you insurance will cover it. If you have a health care spending account, you could use that.

[@Homemaken]

Life changing! I completed yr 7 maintain all normal labs NO DIABETES!

[@SuperBotanica]

R.I.P

[@jamesalles139]

*R.I.P.* Dr. Hallberg

[@contactarshad]

You are excellent, Thank you so much . ...

[@shapolsaid8562]

Useful speech, thank you.

[@Atheria444]

I am a very long-term vegan, so that will not change. But, I also have really bad diabetes genes and despite being very thin am trying to fend off increasing blood sugar. I have been taking the approach that it's fat in the diet that's the problem, not carbohydrates, but I may have to give in and cut my carbs way down. Thank you for this informative talk. I would take the vegan Eco Atkins approach.

[@danpan001]

How are you doing so far?

[@Handsoflight7766]

If we all got healthy, doctors would be out if a job; and so would pharmaceutical companies, large supposed food corporations,. Farms would become like they use to be with pasture fed happy outdoorsy animals that don’t eat grain since that’s not what they’re suppose to eat, and chickens would be eating worms also. Please folks let’s get healthy again.

[@toni4729]

I know this was a long time ago but I would have thought more people heard this.

[@marioalbertocalvoasi4790]

Great lecture. Amazing how standard of care is changing, thank God. How can I get a copy of the BMJ OPEN article on Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Decease. I was diagnose diabetes 20 years ago. I have been doing the Keto diet for 1.5 months. Insuline use has dropped from 120 units per day to 70 units per day. I live in Costa Rica, and no doctor has the knowledge that is presented in Mrs. Hallberg lectures. We are in dark ages here. Need some advise on how to manage the reduction of insuline. Thanks

[@Jefferdaughter]

Mario - Have you tried searching online for the article? You may have to pay for access, but it could be worth it. You can also try contacting Verta Health. They have a program where they help people with Type 2 diabetes and other health problems through very low carbohydrate diets. It is always a good idea to continue to educate yourself. The Low Carb Down Under channel on KZbin is an excellent resource, but there are others. Best of luck to you in getting your health back!

[@browniegay9130]

Look up Dr. Fung videos on youtube

[@hectorvargas8547]

I would also add the website dietdoctor dot com as a source of great information. Their podcasts are excellent.

[@tulips7465]

Newly diagnosed type2 diabetic here with an A1c of 6.8. Normal BMI and only 31 years old. I am in absolute shock. I am asymptomatic as well. Thank God it was detected early. I'm hoping to reverse it with low carb diet and exercise. Huhu

[@sadafdostz4505]

I'm 30 and just diagnosed as pre-diabetic. Very hard to accept

[@paengineer1956]

Bravo! Virta is going to eat modern medicine's lunch. I am curious about the introduction of time restricted eating over cyclical fasting with your patients. I believe long term treatment would include the introduction of this eating pattern to induce lipolysis. Like most of the food and frequency in the SAD diet, three meals a day do not permit proper metabolic function of lipoprotein lipase expression in adipose and skeletal muscle. Sarcopenia is epidemic in the T2 population with a separate, independent and all told death rate of greater than 20%. Is this going to be a treatment option? I'm coming from a study of a rare childhood disorder of PANK and PPAR. Long term disfunction is both metabolic and neurological. At the same time I am another N=1. Best.

[@karynm3365]

This was a great video but... what do they consider "low carb"? I watched the whole video and not once was there a specific number or range given regarding number of carb grams! "Low-carb" means different things to different people. Does anyone have an idea what Dr. Hallberg promotes as a low-carb diet??

[@razonyespiritu]

in general,low than 50 grams of carbs per day

[@Dustyphoto915]

Lower than 50 total grams per day. Less than 30 shows even better results.

[@2trichoptera]

Big fan. Her first Tedtalk was an eye opener & helped me control my diabetes. Dont use reversal, as will always be diabetic.

[@Flaminia2010]

Congratulation!

[@ianchabot3761]

I’m a little confused. I’ve reviewed some of the meta-analyses and studies. Everything I’ve reviewed thus far shows results that reverses diabetes (measured blood glucose Nothing reviewed is proving that “insulin resistance” of muscle cells. Study results are just confirming that fasting insulin measured in the blood is low because low carbs are eaten. Sooo....Diabetes can be “in remission” yet patients can still be insulin resistant. So we’ve just go around the issue not actually fixed the issue?? Whatever, my A1C is 4.4

[@blissrunner]

Well as M.D. studying on diabetes. Currently there is no biological marker for insulin resistance itself that directly measures from the target organ (muscle, adipose/body fat, etc). We only so far have proxy markers like BMI, waist circumference, questionable LDL/HDL/fasting triglycerides. New stuff/markers are being research like oxidized lipid panels.. to measure inflammation caused by diabetes/diet is still being worked on. It is safe to say it probably is in remission.. as long as people don't go ice cream/white bread palooza. Wholefood Plant Based or keto diet both stays away from high glycemic index foods.

[@blissrunner]

Edit 2: Theoritically insulin resistance are receptors on cells that aren't working.. So it can be upregulated/downregulated or replaced w/ new ones. Your cell dies, and get replaced after times.. so theoritically if you kept at healthy/low insulin causing diet you should "reverse". Just keep at good foods and activities.. don't go back to sugary stuffs/processed. It's like asking should a lung cancer patient smoke again?

[@kori228]

Nobody funds studies that test for insulin sensitivity separate from blood sugar unfortunately.

[@lynntrovert2471]

I had this same question. The term "insulin resistance" kept hanging me up in trying to reason through studies. Dr. Jason Fung explaining the fallacy of the model around "insulin resistance" is what finally gave me a rational model which finally followed reason and first principles thinking. Any search cross referencing his name and "insulin resistance" will get you to the model he lays out. It's also chapter 4 of his book The Diabetes Code, but there are so, so many videos and articles I only mention the book in case you prefer longer form reading.

[@tenminutetokyo2643]

No carb for one year combined with lots of hard exercise - and sweating.

[@culturedsims8357]

Is that okay? I’m 13 just got diagnosed and my mom is going to help me by going on a diet with me and exercising with me,no carbs no sugar,right? It’s that good? I want to get better as soon as possible

[@maribelquesada5651]

@@culturedsims8357 how has your progress been

[@sarahtriplett7698]

Much relief after going through this stuff. Stress no doubt affects my blood sugar levels kzbin.infoUgkx6Cu3qDh3FB7umUbfXaU7hDAHrqvwQyNk Taking a walk usually help bring them down. Eating sweets is not my favorite, but if i take a large portion of them, my blood sugar level rises high. I think it's the high concentration of the glucose flowing into the bloodstream all at once. This is a lesson worth taking note of. This is a great material to learn from.

[@rgomoffat]

Can anyone point to what to eat on the daily? Need to know what to replace carbs with. Is it protein, fat, and vegetables?

[@toni4729]

Yes, a good steak, salmon, eggs and bacon etc. Green leafy vegetables No potatoes or bread etc. Is that helpful?

[@LTPottenger]

Control groups are basically there to deal with the placebo effect which does not really apply for longterm physical effects.

[@mrgavel2856]

This is an amazing video by the way! My comment is low percentage of people that have been low carb for years with a higher A1C

[@ernestoparodi7515]

Sadly, the worldwide pharmaceutical giant corporations avoid disclousuring this kind of sucessful healing treatments, because they need people sick and under control in order to keep the global profitable pharma business

[@monicaambs]

HbA1c down from 5.9 to 5.1. Lost 70 pounds. Yeah for Virta Health. No medication.

[@satyanarayanatiruveedhi5215]

I see you as one of the few pioneers of LCHF, but was little disappointed as you have not been active recently in spreading this on social media like youtube . I request you to find time and please make some new videos as frequently as you can. Thank you.

[@fredjones2116]

Hi there Satya; if you go to 5min, listen to Sarah tell us what we need to do: spread the message. I don't think we need a new video: we need to get folks listening to this one, and it can be repeated for several years into the future, as likely things will get worse! Do spread the message yourself, we need everyone to do it.

[@susanrees9415]

Unfortunately, I read that she has stage four lung cancer during this pandemic, she’s never smoked and is only 48 years old.(Tampa Bay Times July 5, 2020) Fred is right, we must pick up the torch.

[@shelahogletree7711]

@@susanrees9415 That’s very odd - she never smoked, she was young and active and telling the public how to chest the medical system out of big money by getting healthy. Very odd.

[@debbiepepper52]

@@shelahogletree7711 from the Dr.'s Obituary: "She was never a smoker and after her diagnosis, she became an advocate for education about a non-smoker lung cancer "epidemic" that has especially struck women in their thirties and forties." So it's not odd at all, in fact, it's an epidemic.

[@idrissmohamed2718]

I have just began my kito dight (2weeks) I really I feel so much better than before thanks so much for advertising....

[@MarcopoloMalik]

What you got now

[@minniesaab7255]

Apart from bread,pasta,potatoes, rise and sugar(s) , what else is forbidden? I don't know where the carbohydrates are ? Thanks !

[@Jefferdaughter]

Good question! Search KZbin for presentations by Dr. Eric Westman. He has been treating patients for obesity, Type 2 diabetes, etc at a clinic at Duke University for about 20 years. He makes a very low carbohydrate or ketogenic diet simple and easy to follow. Avoid all grains. Avoid processed foods - they contain grains and many also contain refined seed oils sold as 'vegatable' oil and shortening. Processed seed oils are probably as harmful as the carbohydrates (corn, soy, canola, etc). Natural fats from beef, sheep, pork, butter, etc are fine to eat and cook with. Olive oil - IF you are sure it is not fake or mixed with seed oils as so much of it is - and coconut oil, and cocoa butter are OK. Eat real meat, the fatty cuts, and organ meats. Whole eggs are good, especially if from hens on pasture. If you eat dairy products, eat the real, full-fat kind (NOT processed cheese foods, NOT low-fat or no-fat stuff). Raw milk and raw milk cheese and butter from grassfed cows (or sheep, or goats, etc) is ideal. Leafy greens are also OK (though many, like spinach, curly kale, and others contain high levels of oxalates that may be a problem: 'Lost Seasonality and the Overconsumption of Plants - risking Oxalate Toxicity' kzbin.info/www/bejne/n2iko6B_jqx7ZtU ). For the Type 2 diabetic, or those with metabolic syndrome, most root vegetables have too much carbohydrate. Beans and peas may also need to be avoided.

[@stephenolan5539]

Fruit juice. Any liquid with lots of sugar.

[@bobripple8596]

eat meat, cheese, eggs and wine :) Butter and Bacon are fine. Nothing out of a box or packaged. read labels, stay away from overly processed foods. No fruits, too much sugar. Would eliminate vegs for a few weeks to get you jump started. Try not eating until noon everyday.

[@caroleanne8529]

Dr Ahmet Ergin, MD has many KZbin videos. Two good ones for a beginner are: "How to Count Carbs Easily" and How Many Carbs Should a Diabetic Eat." Sorry I am two years late.

[@estherfortoday2366]

Praise God❣️🦋

[@NineInchTyrone]

Where is Harvard Med School ? AMA ?

[@sigalsmadar4547]

She certainly needs to debate that smarmy doc Dr Katz who says there's no evidence of LCHF working and planted-based diet is better.

[@hectorvargas8547]

You are right, but it will just be a waste of time.

[@johnsonpaul1914]

Am I understanding correctly that you are calling an A1C of 6.5 as being reversal? Confused, that is a damaging average blood sugar of 150+ How many got to the low 5s for A1C?

[@LegendaryMom]

My understanding was that the study in her practice used 6.0 as the threshold, while other studies used 6.5.

[@banzaiphred2821]

Dr. Hallberg has been lauded in many comments on many websites, but what is lacking is a Wikipedia page dedicated to her life story and work. Her closest colleagues could see that her page gets created. When searching for someone online, some people skip those that are not included in Wikipedia. I would hope that her stellar reputation as a low carb advocate has nothing to do with some of the "orthodoxy" that Wikipedia enforces according to "conventional" or "accepted" medical sources which she fought to oppose in the area of low carb. That, unfortunately, would result in Wikipedia making editorial comment(s) associating her work with "quackery" which is a disservice to her life and work. If validation is being recorded in Wikipedia then Wikipedia must change itself in order to remain valid.

[@DrLauraRPalmer]

Change the speed to 1.5 speed. You’re welcome.

[@MELODYMUNRO]

My T2D never went below 8 on either keto or low carb. Now I am trying MY OWN approach. I am eating what my long lived and resilient ancestors ate (which was potatoes, other veg and a small amount of fat) and concentrating on losing weight and healing my fatty liver. I know there will be people saying that diabetics shouldn't consume potatoes (or too many)...but honestly, I am soooo tired of what the 'experts' are telling us to do - seriously, they just contradict each other all the time. So stuff it, I am going to eat plain simple food like my highlander roots are telling to do.

[@Elleleighbrooks]

RIP ❤

[@timskold8023]

The Chinese have always eaten very "healthy" and eat completely according to the traditional food pyramid, but the proportion of diabetes is getting higher and higher.

[@Jefferdaughter]

While rice has long been a part of the diet in China, and also rice noodles, they do not avoid meat of fat. The rice and noodles are usually served with sauces high in fat. Soybeans were usually fermented. Also - check the videos of the food sold outside the Olympic center there a few years back. Dog liver, scorpions, etc - not things Americans would eat, but there were a lot of animal-source foods.

[@jaym9846]

In T2 Diabetes, what gets damaged/changed that prevents reversal to normal health (even after reverting to a healthy diet and lifestyle)? Mitos? Endoplasmic reticulums? Peroxisomes? Lysosomes? Gene expression? DNA?

[@200Nora]

I am a goal-oriented person, and for me, the dietary change was not very difficult. For most of my life, I avoided excess sugars sugary drinks, and most packed and processed foods. My carb-loaded addictions were few like some bananas, coffee with sweetbreads, some tv dinners, baked potatoes, rice, and the occasional treats. I had a good weight of 130 lb at 5'3. Not too much belly fat to lose. However, on my first medicare visit at 66, I turned out prediabetic. My fasting glucose was actually normal at 90, know that even if your FBG is normal you can have insulin resistance, but my A1C was 6.2. DM is more than a carb-loaded diet, obesity, etc. You also have to consider your genes, stress, sleep, medication because they can also make you insulin resistant. I know diabetes runs in my family (mother's side), so I always had it in my mind to be moderate with my food and drinks. unfortunately for me, it was not enough to keep me safe, so I went into the low carb with daily fasting and 2 meals with an occasional low carb snack. Unavoidably, I lost weight, even though I did not want to lose too much. My A1c is 5.6 now and my weight is 115. I am actually struggling to maintain this weight, so I had to increase my calories by 150 daily. For me is working, and I intend to maintain this lifestyle for the rest of my life (I may decrease my fasting by two days). Take your health into your hands and commit to it day by day. Yes, somedays you may fail, but there is always tomorrow.

[@jaznm7195]

As I keep hearing on talks like Sarah's and the means to reverse T2D I cannot help but wonder when the medical training will catch up with these studies and results. As I heard my former boss say -" follow the money" which is why this will be an uphill battle with all the profits the pharmaceutical industry's keeps making. Until then such result here will keep people on the slow road to sure death while they profit.

[@jasonstone5022]

Training will catch up when the money stops funneling in on the old and stale data by companies that want to keep you sick. You are their business model.

[@Johndoe10007]

End of August 2021 diagnosed type 2 with hba1c 106 or 11.8 .. low carb diet and exercise 11 weeks later 12th November 2021 hba1c 47 or 6.4

[@jem30six]

What if.... insulin resistance is a normal state? What if... going into insulin resistance is meant to happen and that it is not a crisis that it is happening at all? That the human body like bears, are meant to put on weight during insulin resistance, and insulin resistance is not a crisis. What if.... the the crisis is that we are CONSTANTLY in insulin resistance, and constantly putting on weight? That's what I think is going on. That we have access to food year round (fructose, which normally would have only been around in Autumn), that keeps us in a constant state of insulin resistance. And then other things that complicate matters. Other things like gut bacteria, toxic additives in our food, and a history of bad dietary advice from the professionals, and the alcohol that is used to cope with our shitty state of life. This is logical, it makes sense that this is exactly whats happening, and when we understand, we can fix it.

[@Jefferdaughter]

Many experts in the low carb community have mentioned this, as well. However, we should all go our and forage for wild fruits before assuming that our metabolism was designed to be like a bear's. Most wild fruits are significantly smaller than what is sold in supermarkets, and contain much, much less sugar. A lot of wild fruits are also higher in anti-nutrients like tannins (wild apples are one example), and other substances that make many wild fruits too bitter, sour, or astringent to be eating in quantity by humans. Even humans not raised on a sugar-based diet. It was likely more productive, especially in temperate and northern climates, for our ancestors to hunt the animals that came to eat the wild fruits. Of course, humans are less active, yet if we read the historical records left by Europeans during the 'Age of Exploration' we find that the indigenous people nerly everywhere they went were considered 'lazy'. Why? They did not have to work that hard to provide for their needs, including food. Those of us in temperate and northern climates are also not typically living in situations where they get cold, or need to stay warm. Game was generally easy to get in winter, or people followed migrating herds. Spring, when animals were thin and lacking fat, that was often the 'lean time' for humans. All interesting to consider. If brief periods of insulin resistance were 'normal' for our ancestors, these times would have been breif, and usually only in the autumn. We can all try out cranberries, even blueberries and raspberres, without sugar. True wild apples (not volunteers from domestic apple seeds), sea buckthorn berries, rose hips, etc. IF we eat these only in season, and only what we can find and gather, AND we are not eating refined processed foods at all, we may never achieve insulin resistance.

[@rhlang11]

Can low carb work or must it be keto?

[@katywuste9054]

I had pancreatitis in January this year and my blood sugars were really high. My GP put me on metformin last week and my blood sugars are now 2.4-5.7

[@coolwinder]

Please, is there a list if these lowcarb studies?

[@78cheerio]

So how do I get access to all the diet tips when my A1c is 5.6 but I have the othe markers f prediabetes, and family history, and genetic tests say I am at risk? Insurance won’t pay.

[@aleksandratsvid3239]

I have been doing this for 2 years and use multiple resources but if you are the beginner I would recommend Diet Doctor .com for your information on recipes or diabetes health with Dr Hallberg and other professionals contributing to it. Their free option have been the most helpful for me when I have started.

[@highrzr]

I wish we would get away from the "calorie". The human body's energy conversion, expenditure and storage does not work on the physics' law of thermal dynamics. Calories are just a number like total cholesterol, and we need to move away from the "calorie" dogma.

[@Jedi71]

great where is her recommend list of food?

[@jamesharless4235]

Sara, great progress to define degree of human hazard. But some cause is behind the near absence of M. Health. Find the cause of our slow termination of health, by living in, eating the food sold in usa? Fix that?

[@thomaslb95]

My dietician wanted me to eat more carbs lol

[@OriginalSirSpeaksAlot]

Just diagnosed a week ago with a A1c of 11.0 My journey begins now. Shame it took this health scare to jump start it. I've probably damaged stuff that can't be changed. My issue is being picky. How do I eat low carb when veggies make me sick?

[@lynntrovert2471]

Hi, you can't go wrong by watching more of this channel's videos. The more recent ones have even more recent studies and info and they're great. Secondly, don't be too down on yourself, you can reverse so, so much with proper nutrition. And third, vegetables are mostly carbs so not required for low carb high fat. In fact, I went from paleo for a few years to keto for a few years, and recently figured out that almonds and broccoli were causing me problems. This caused me to become skeptical of all plants and I ended up trying the carnivore diet and I love it. Plus the 2019 BMJ study proving no link between saturated fat and heart disease. So many myths about dietary fat. So, I'm just saying watch all the 2021/2020 videos, reconsider everything previously taught, and then try stuff out. Adjust your personal experiments as needed, and you'll find what works for you.

[@frinoffrobis]

dont eat the ones that make you sick.. anyway the emphasis is on proteins and healthy fats.. eat broccoli, tomatoes, summer squash, avoid the starchy veggies like peas amd beans.. anyway just keep researching and you will figure out what works for you btw i hate veggies too

[@caroleanne8529]

Ahmet Ergin, MD, an endocrinologist, has many excellent videos. Two to start with are "How to Count Carbs Easily" and How Many Carbs Should a Diabetic Eat."

[@Jan96106]

Choice should be at the patient level. I love Metformin. Many of my beta cells have probably differentiated, and I need Metformin to lose weight, to keep it off, and to keep my HBA1C at a decent level. I didn't need it for years, but now I do in conjunction with a low carb diet. Every one is different. Everyone is at a different stage of the problem. If I were to go off Metformin, both my weight and blood sugar would rise. Right now my BMI is in the non overweight category. I still need to reduce my waist size, so I need to lose more weight for that and to see if my HBA1C can be improved more. My triglicerides are 69, the lowest they have ever been. MY HDL is the best it has ever been. My doctor doesn't believe in low carb diets, but I know better and ignore her on that. She also complains about high LDL, totally missing the forest for the trees: how good my other numbers are. When I had low LDL (before low carb) I also had extremely low HDL.

[@dawndrew8313]

Try the Mediterranean keto, it had a fantastic results from a study called spanish mediterranean..I hope you fall out of love of metformin its dangerous stuff;)

[@melanieparis8697]

Is it safe for an 81 years old (14 years) diabetic to go on a low carb diet to lower his blood sugar levels etc., and would it affect his kidney function???? I would dearly like a reply..thank you.

[@wictoriaojheden]

Here is another video of hers : kzbin.info/www/bejne/mpKUp6mfnN5oqrM Her rules are: 1, If it says " light/low fat/or fat free it stays in the store. 2, Eat food 3, Don't eat anything you don't like 4, Eat when you are hungry don't eat when you are not 5, No GPS - No Grains, Potatoes or Sugar. Maybe start to ask your Dr about go low carb and reducing your Diabetes medicine. It never hurts to go low carb it is healthy I am a T2 for 11 years and i have my carbs in the day and for dinner i do no carb. I'm thinking about your age and you might need to take extra for vitamins and calcium etc. I'm 50 and i know i have to. And maybe you want to wait until after Christmas i know i will but i will definitely do this. Good Luck ((hugs))

[@lynntrovert2471]

I second @Floating Moon 's suggestion: Dr. Jason Fung. He came to his entire philosophy by reasoning backward through the metabolic cycle from the kidneys; being a kidney doctor. I think that his reasoning through "first principles" thinking is what has made him such an excellent communicator on this. His book The Diabetes Code is what kicked off my own research last year.