Personal story - How I probably saved my girlfriend's life

I've long known about the reality of fats being the best source of nutrition for humans, and carbohydrates and sugars being fallbacks with some negative side effects. My girlfriend (who I love to death) is type 2 diabetic, and struggles with her weight. She has struggled with her weight since childhood and has been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes for the past 4 years, and been taking daily insulin and about 7 other medications for approximately 2 and a half years now.

My most fundamental argument I gave, which I must stress is simply that you must remember human evolution. There is a reason we evolved omnivorous, and we have canines. We know for a fact lipid absorption is much higher than carbohydrate and sugar in all humans, and we also know for a fact that carbs and sugars are not only more likely to be stored in fat cells on the body, but are also huge growth factors for cancers and other chronic ailments.

Until recently, that is.

I got through to her at some point. We went to see a health 'counselor' more like, a clinic alternative. They reiterated the exact same points I've made consistently. So as her condition had just been declining and she had basically given up hope, she said she hadn't had anything to lose and so she let me design her diet entirely.

First, we lowered carbohydrate and sugar intake and stopped all medication and insulin immediately. This had her blood sugar out of control for about 2 months still (which was expected), but after the first 2 months I decided to make the diet extremely strict.

Zero carbohydrate, zero sugar (aside from what exists in some vegetables), high lipid diet. Lots of meat - beef and pork only. She has a bunch of allergies due to gut health issues too so we couldn't do duck or chicken eggs even. No fruit. No medication, no insulin. 1 meal per day, intermittent fasting. For a while her blood sugar was still out of control, but now it has been 3 months. Here are the results:

I, who weighed 225lbs at 6'1" lost 30lbs despite the fact I didn't event intend to follow the diet. We live together and make all our meals together. I enjoy a good rare steak better than any kind of sugar or carb, so I was more than happy just eating meat all the time.

My girlfriend, who 3 months ago without medication was having blood sugar levels regularly above 200 without her medication and insulin and had massively inflated triglyceride levels, has now been almost cured of type 2 diabetes.

Yes, you heard that part right. Cured.

She now has blood sugar levels just slightly above normal range (110ish) on the daily, without the medications and insulin. She lost 25lbs, and is continuing to lose more. She had a wide range of nasty side effects and symptoms of her medications, now all gone thanks to not needing any of them. Her gut health is also improving. Her triglyceride levels are now within normal range despite a lipid based diet. We still are continuing the diet and for the foreseeable future will not be introducing any carbohydrates or sugars.

All this, done through diet alone. Again, a true zero carbohydrate and zero sugar diet; low sugar and low carbohydrate is not enough to fix this for a diabetic! This is because the body is so resistant to insulin, that when the body comes in contact with these sugars and cannot process them appropriately, it causes the blood sugar levels to stay elevated for extended periods of time - which prevents the resistance from appropriately decreasing by staying at low resting levels.

Note: Contrary to what many might think, weight loss as a diabetic is EXTREMELY difficult; This is because of the negative feedback loop whereby the insulin resistance of the body doesn't process sugars properly. More insulin injections heighten this resistance while treating the 'symptom' of high blood sugar and its effects, but WORSEN the condition of the recipient over time due to growing resistance and reliance, and prevent weight loss by removing adequate sugar from diet in order to maintain blood sugar levels in 'normal ranges'.

This 'treatment' is the equivalent of trying to give physical therapy to someone stuck in a wheelchair without allowing them to get up, and expecting them to be able to use their legs.

Hope you all found this informational and/or useful. Stay healthy, frens.