What is success? It is, simply, meeting your personal goals, the ones you have set for yourself. For some, it is achieving A1C results in the normal non-diabetic range (4.0-5.6%). For others, it is staying at 7.0% or below, as recommended by the American Diabetes Association. For some, it is getting off insulin and/or diabetes pills. For others, it is maintaining a certain average blood glucose level with medication. Some may have set specific goals with weight or measurements. Some may aim to walk 10,000 steps a day. Others feel successful in just getting out of the house and walking to the mailbox and back.
They say that “the proof of the pudding is in the eating.” And the Bible says, “Prove all things; hold fast that which is good” (1 Thessalonians 5:21). Beyond all theory and even all logic, you have to pay attention to your own experience. When you don’t have experience, or enough experience, you can listen to the experiences of others. But, in the final analysis, what really matters is what happens in your own body. How do you feel? What are your lab test results? What does the scale say? And, whatever you’re doing, is it sustainable for the long term?
The most meaningful success stories are those from people we have come to know, both online and offline. You can read some of their stories below:
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What I was looking for was first-person success stories from the actual individuals who have truly reversed diabetes on a high-carb, low- or no-fat totally vegan diet. I have a plethora of success stories from individuals who have reversed diabetes on a low-carb, high-fat diet (some carnivore, some vegetarian, and some vegan), but almost none from the other camp.
From observations—i.e., “listening” to other diabetics in the groups—those who are eating a “traditional wisdom” diabetic diet (that is, neither low-carb high-fat moderate-protein nor high-carb low-fat vegan), if they are achieving reasonable A1Cs it is because they are on oral or injectable medications and/or insulin.
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