Intermittent fasting & Type II Diabetes (my journey)

My journey started … when I was diagnosed with Type II Diabetes. A type I diabetic lacks insulin, whilst a type II diabetic is insulin resistant. I was prescribed the following medicine:

Carbuce XR1000 (Metformiin Hydrochloride 1000mg) Reg 49/21.2/0259 take two tablets once at night
Lipogen 10 (Atorvastatin Reg 42/7.5/0556 - take one tablet a day
Diaglucide MR 30mg Reg 38/21.2/0223 - take one tablet a day

What became the goal? To get SUGAR burning (glucose) to FAT burning. And that is exactly what Intermittent fasting does. It gets your body to burn fat instead of sugar. And NO. You will not starve when you are not eating. You are eating out of habit. One of the big lies is...yes you've guest it: "Breakfast is the most important meal of the day..."

0.90718474kg loss per week is your target. If you know what to expect, sticking to the plan is MUCH easier.

Are you one of those patients that ask the Doc to rather prescribe you a prescription, rather that change your lifestyle and poor eating habits? Start exercising?

Reality check. Nobody is coming to save you. Not your doctor. Not your spouse. It is up to you. YOU need to take full responsibility for the outcome. Diabetes is a 700$ Billion dollar Industry. Currently, 84 million people in the U.S.A are pre-diabetic. Thirty million are either Type I or II diabetics. There are different opinions about the safety of intermittent fasting and diabetes. We believe it is safe, on two conditions

consult your GP in the process

adjust your medicine as your HBA1C levels come down

What are the truths about Intermittent fasting? It is FREE, it is flexible and it is simple. You exist either in a fed or fasted state. When you eat, insulin is secreted by the pancreas to move sugar into the cells. Because you are insulin resistant (Type II), your pancreas now produces MORE insulin (revs up insulin production) to reach the same target. We store the bulk of our sugar in our liver and our skeletal muscle. When we exceed those storage sites, we store it as fat. When we are fasted, insulin levels are low and we can tap into fat stores for energy.

But wait a minute Paul! What is the difference between reducing calorie intake (the DIET) and intermittent fasting? When you stop eating for 24 hours, your insulin levels will drop. But it also plummets your leptin levels. With intermittent fasting, you are going to have as severe a plummet of those leptin levels. And that is how you will beat Ghrelin - the 'hunger hormone'.

What are the benefits from Intermittent fasting?