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Mastering Diabetes by Cyrus Khambatta and Robby Barbaro
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Ditto
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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 2
Hello and welcome to the forum @Waltonday 🙂 I would never be able to stick to that diet! Wouldn't mind the plants so much as the low fat.
Inka
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- Type 1
I’ve read about them online and listened to interviews. It’s quite astounding the degree of insulin sensitivity they have.
I don’t have their book but I do eat a lot of vegan meals (although I’m not vegan) and I find it helps. I have books by Michael Greger, Darin Olien, Joel Fuhrman, and a few others.
If you’re looking for recipes, the Forks Over Knives website has quite a few for free, and the Nutrition Facts website has a lot of videos and information.
I eat a primarily vegetarian diet with lots of vegan meals but that has nothing to do with diabetes.
I feel uncomfortable with the title of the book. "Mastering Diabetes" is about as likely as "Controlling diabetes" (or mastering/controlling a two year old). I try to use the term "Managing diabetes" as the other ideas suggest 100% control to me and anything less can appear a failure.
Maybe I am too sensitive but some time ago I read an article about the importance of language with diabetes care and it resonated for me. When there is a known correlation between mental health issues and diabetes, I think the power of language is often underestimated.
(Sorry, I don't mean to derail a thread about diet.)
I feel uncomfortable with the title of the book. "Mastering Diabetes" is about as likely as "Controlling diabetes" (or mastering/controlling a two year old). I try to use the term "Managing diabetes" as the other ideas suggest 100% control to me and anything less can appear a failure.
Maybe I am too sensitive but some time ago I read an article about the importance of language with diabetes care and it resonated for me. When there is a known correlation between mental health issues and diabetes, I think the power of language is often underestimated.
(Sorry, I don't mean to derail a thread about diet.)
I found Mastering Diabetes after I became vegan and they helped me understand why I was suddenly more sensitive to insulin. Even a medium fat plant based helps. Foods high in oil will usually spike my glucose levels after 3 hours. My improved insulin sensitivity has made managing my diabetes easier.
Inka
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- Type 1
Robby (Type 1) has talked about his amazing insulin sensitivity which is a result of his diet. You might have seen Type 1s here mentioning their ratios (insulin to carbs). Usually people say they’re 1:10 or 1:8 or maybe 1:15. His is apparently 1:58!! He eats 600-700g carbs a day and only takes 26 units of insulin in total. Very impressive!
The point of their book, I believe, is to help others get such sensitivity and reduce or eliminate insulin resistance. For a Type 1, that would be less insulin, but for a Type 2 that could potentially mean reversing their diabetes.
@helli I get what you’re saying re language, but I wonder if, in this case, it was just a matter of finding a slogan or brand name that hadn’t already been used - hence the “mastering”. Reversing, beating, an end to, etc, were already grabbed by others
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