Step Two Diet (was Coconut Diet)

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A few weeks ago I mentioned a female friend (2000 cals a day, BMI

about 18.2, height 5.9, age 42) who had recently got diabetes

(doctors are not sure which type, but she had bulemia for 25 years,

her weight low now due to loosing sugars in urine). She tried a low

fat diet with insulin, then an Atkins style high fat diet without

insulin and finally a step two diet without insulin but with a high

fat percentage. The results have come in and are as follows

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Low Fat with insulin shots diet (20% fat, 25% protein, 55% carbs)

Summer 2004 (wholegrains, fish, meat, veg)

total cholesterol 4.6 (177) (no break down unfortunately)

HBA1c 7.2

triglycerides 1.5

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Atkins (25% protein, 7% carbs, 68% fat) - lots of dairy and meat,

fish and veg - Autumn 2004

hdl 2.4 (95)

ldl 4.4 (170)

total cholesterol 7.2 (280)

triglycerides 0.8

HBA1c 6.3 (three month blood sugars)

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High mono fat Step Two diet (veg, soya, almonds (50g day), walnuts

(50g day), fatty fish, olive oil, avacados) 25% protein, 68% fat, 7%

carbs) - Winter 2005

2.4 HDL (95)

3.1 LDL (120)

total cholesterol 5.8 (225)

0.7 trglycerides

HBA1c 6.4

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But what this shows is you can get the 25-30% cholesterol reduction

benefits of step two by changing the fats rather than lowering them.

But not sure which is the safest diet, lower lipd profile with

insulin and low fat and higher blood sugars or lower blood sugars,

no insulin and higher lipid profile ?

reason the insulin shots equated to higher blood sugars is probably

fear of hypoglycaemic attacks which makes her consume to many carbs,

thus blood sugar higher.

These are real figures, she is a real person, I do not lie.

richard .......