If I can change my diet so that my blood-sugar level stays within healthy parameters, I'll gladly do it.
In addition to what you have done, you might look up articles on diabetes and inflammation. They are linked. I have a condition that predisposes me to blood sugar issues and I have worked on consuming an anti-inflammatory diet. Addressing the blood sugar issues was not even on my radar. I had other concerns I was trying to address. My blood sugar is more stable than it has probably ever been in my life.
All meats are safe, as long as they are relatively unprocessed. When processing adds corn starch, sugar, or other carbohydrates is when the meats are not good for me.
Cauliflower is perfect for me. It's also how I make "mashed potatoes". Find a frozen bag of cauliflower and cook it. Let it dry out a bit, and add butter and heavy whipping cream, and blend. 0g carb mashed potatoes.
Also, How I have been testing food is "test -> eat -> blood glucose test every half hour for 3 times". Now that I have data on about 70% of what I normally eat, I don't have to test those foods.
I'm much healthier now that I'm following a low carb diet of my own design. I'm eating about 0-15 g carbs a day. Surprisingly, it's similar to Atkins, but with the blood-glucose meter component. I can scientifically say that I'm doing better with regards to that dimension.
Meat, processed or not, is a large risk factor in diabetes. See:
Meat consumption, diabetes, and its complications.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23354681
Association between dietary meat consumption and incident type 2 diabetes: the EPIC-InterAct study.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22983636
Oxygen-carrying proteins in meat and risk of diabetes mellitus.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23778318
Relationship of dietary saturated fatty acids and body habitus to serum insulin concentrations: the Normative Aging Study.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8338037
Also, fruit and vegetables are all "carbs", so a diet with 0 carbs is utter insanity, and a recipe for poor health and disease.
In the end, those studies are nigh worthless, because they are about some statistic. When you're a doctor, a statistic is nice because they can be partially right. I want custom medicine tailored to me!
Instead of meat-hating studies, show me tests I can conduct that can validate your assertions about my own body. What tests can I run reasonably? I can obtain the appropriate equipment.
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It's within the ideal range, as is HDL. My triglycerides were 290mg/dL, so High. The more studying I'm doing in this area points more towards Metabolic Syndrome as well, with T2 diabetes as a result of that syndrome. No proof as of yet, just uncorroborated hypothesis.
> BMI (<25)
38, but I don't look it. I'm 6'5", and I've always been off the growth charts. Now, with my current diet, I've lost 18 lbs down to 298 in 3 weeks. I am working on this. Ideally, I want 220lbs. I've been there before and I look great, lest the BMI be damned.
>fasting glucose (<100)
That's what I have it down to now. 3 weeks ago, it was fasting=161mg/dL . After switching to a highly restrictive carbohydrate diet, it took 6 days for my fasting to drop to 110-120mg/dL. I got sick, which is easily viewable from my data. It also corroborates from fellow Type 2's and 1's I know. Sickness causes blood glucose to get "screwy". Now, my fasting is 100mg/dL
> and blood pressure?
I haven't the money for an automated unit, but it is on my agenda. I do test moderately high (140/80, prior to T2 diagnosis).
> I think those are great biometrics for general health. Note, my posts do not constitute medical advice - I am simply sharing my experience and findings which I'm happy to have challenged.
I agree. I'm looking for even more, as well as writing software to analyze my results. Effectively, I want a system I can tell what food I'm eating, and how much. I want to do these analyses personally for me. Right now, outside of food, food quantity, speed of eating, temp, BP, heart rate, weight, and blood sugar, there isn't many ways I can get that great of data. Lab data is so sparse to be nearly pointless.
I hear allegations about all sorts of foods and supplements. I want proof. I'm willing to work with others, as well as being a guinea pig (to a point). But I want to see real results.
My data: https://mega.nz/#!JwcSEAwC!zPqA1zVhA3zcLwLLZRJucc6AtT9zlHfNY...
Anyway, I share your ambition to get "real results" and see how foods affect my biology as quickly as possible. Sadly, we just don't have the technology to enable us yet (I predict dietary biometrics will be a big trend soon). Until then, I can only reference my own independent research into and experience with whole food, plant-based diets void of animal products (strict) and processed foods (not as strict). I'm well over a year in and feel better than before, my blood work is great and I regret nothing. The only supplement I take is a B-12 vitamin once per week. A good jumping off point for me were the websites, http://nutritionfacts.org and https://cronometer.com.
In fact, your post history reveals you have a keen interest in low-carb diets, so citing your evidence, reading mine, and generally having an intelligent debate on the matter of human health and nutrition seems like a more interesting way to spend the time, rather than aggressive name-calling and making dismissive generalizations.
I asked about food, since that is the only way I am getting nutrients in my body. His answer was, "If it tastes good, don't eat it."
I cook a great deal, as does my wife. If I can change my diet so that my blood-sugar level stays within healthy parameters, I'll gladly do it. And, I've done it.
There is a technique called "Eating to the meter", which tailors a diabetes diet to your body. I can see what foods do what. Those sugar-alcohols sometimes do and don't cause an effect. Malitol causes no spike, but xylitol does. Don't know why, but I know it does in me. And all of this is internet derived advice. But it's better; far better than what the doctor said...
'Take this pill and go away'