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Great podcast and excellent, clear presentations by Cyrus and Robby. .As Type 1 I took part in their program for a year and it helped reduce my insulin use by over 50% and improved many health markers. I tried other whole food plant based approaches before doing this. Reducing fat to 30g a day is crucial for this to work.
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It will work only if you keep the added fat at or <15% of your diet (or <30 grams a day). I was in the program for a year (Type 1). Anything above but kept reasonably low will improve your health but may not get you off meds. It all depends on how much you can or want to do to follow the guidelines.
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@Jasmine-in-my-mind - I too looked at Dr McDougall and esp Dr Fuhrman and it worked until I plateaued. Their approach just wasn't specific enough for diabetes. I trusted that the 2 Type 1s of Mastering Diabetes knew more about this than the docs who don't have this disease and I believe I'm right, esp w Cyrus' science background :-). Re a diet -- I don't eliminate any food group except of course animal products and refined carbs - and processed foods and oils as much as possible. Re beans and such, your microbiome needs to develop the bacteria to digest that type of food if you are not currently consuming it, so go slow and you will be able to tolerate it in the future. PS. My copy of their book will arrive today :-)
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@marley7659 and Linda W, Type 1.5 is an autoimmune response in a person over 30 yrs old and not a progression of Type 2. It is treated with insulin. If Type 2 can no longer be treated with pills, and the beta cells are exhausted, then Type 2 will also be treated with insulin. A reversal of diabetes is only possible for non-insulin dependent Type 2s, but the other types of diabetes can be much improved. ' I have Type 1 and use over 50% less insulin on the Mastering Diabetes program and have other much improved health markers..
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I have listened to them many times in the coaching program -- Robby always prefers it when Cyrus explains the science. There was a lot of that in the beginning of the podcast.
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@TheDjlivingproof Oh, that's tough! (Type 1 here too, but vegan/wfpb long after diagnosis...)
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Karen. the high potential for negative long term effects of keto make this a no-brainer. The positive effects of a whole food plant based life style (good health, no harm to animals, good for the environment) are a win win win and make you feel good on a daily basis, good for body and soul. Each day you make positive choices. What you eat and what you don't eat matters. Multiply that by 1000s. Also, you are correct about the studies. Find out who paid for them. It makes all the difference. Science is a commodity, tobacco showed the industry how to do it in the 50s and 60s. (BTW, there are no WFPB lobbies.)
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