Here is a short step-by-step summary of the only method that truly works in controlling diabetes. This approach is essential for adults and children with type 1 and type 2 diabetes to prevent the development of chronic complications in the long run.

1. Understand why blood glucose targets should be 75–90 mg/dL for adult diabetics and why higher levels put your health at serious risk.
2. Strictly follow a low-carb diet. It is of utmost importance to avoid eating and drinking any forbidden foods, including fruits. Refrain from consuming them, even in the tiniest quantities.
3. Avoid using dietary carbohydrates for entertainment purposes. Instead, explore alternative avenues for enjoyment. In order to minimize the urge for indulgence, strive to steer clear of both acute and chronic stress. If needed, alleviate the pressures imposed by your career, family, and society. Aim to lead a relaxed and balanced lifestyle.
4. Within a few days or weeks, uncover the unique characteristics of your diabetes. It involves understanding how your blood glucose levels behave at various hours throughout the day. Additionally, it is essential to learn the general factors that impact insulin sensitivity and assess how they affect you.
5. Based on the information gathered in the previous stage, with trial and error, decide the optimal schedule for insulin injections. Also, determine the appropriate types and dosages for each shot.
6. Some individuals with mild type 2 diabetes can manage without daily insulin shots. However, it is still essential for them to learn the proper techniques for administering these injections and to keep insulin on hand in case their condition deteriorates.
7. The needed insulin doses may vary based on many factors such as time of year and physical activity levels, requiring adaptability on your part to accommodate these changes.
8. Gain a comprehensive understanding of the available diabetes medications, including metformin and other drugs, by familiarizing yourself with their benefits and potential side effects. Evaluate whether incorporating these medications into your treatment plan is appropriate.
9. Avoid using diabetes drugs or higher insulin doses to compensate for consuming forbidden foods rich in carbohydrates. Also, do not excessively limit your protein intake in an attempt to lose weight, lower insulin doses, or completely stop taking insulin shots.
10. Prioritize regular exercise and allocate dedicated time and energy for it on a weekly basis. Engaging in physical activity is crucial as it plays a vital role in preventing age-related ailments, physical and mental decline. Even if you maintain a perfectly healthy diet and consistently achieve normal blood glucose levels, exercise remains indispensable for overall well-being.

The remainder of this book provides comprehensive details and elaboration on the points above. It delves into the intricacies and nuances of each topic to ensure a thorough understanding and practical application of the concepts discussed.

What You’ll Need and the Rewards You’ll Reap

As mentioned in the preface, to effectively apply this approach to diabetes treatment, it is crucial to possess a high level of motivation and above-average cognitive abilities. Maintaining strong motivation is essential for implementing all the elements outlined above. Advanced cognitive skills are indispensable for establishing an appropriate insulin injection schedule, selecting optimal insulin doses, and making necessary adjustments over time.

The positive news is that you don’t have to experience constant hunger or exert excessive effort at the gym to manage your diabetes effectively. Regarding insulin injections, you’ll learn how to administer them painlessly. The initial stage requires investing time and effort to grasp the theory behind the low-carb system and acquire practical implementation skills. However, after the initial phase, you can lead a conventional life and excel in your chosen endeavors. Despite living with diabetes, you may discover that, as you age, you appear younger than your peers and enjoy better physical well-being.

Before switching to the low-carbohydrate diet, please read section 1.2 of this book, undergo blood and urine tests to assess kidney function, and consult your doctor. Dangerous side effects may occur, including irreversible kidney damage. You have been warned.

This book is a practical guide to effective diabetes management through a comprehensive system based on a low-carbohydrate diet. It strives to present detailed information in a clear and accessible manner. Also, complementing this book is a website diabetes-83.com that contains important news and updates.

What We Mean by Normal Blood Sugar

In this book, achieving adequate control of diabetes entails maintaining blood glucose levels equivalent to those of healthy adults with normal metabolism, i.e., 83 mg/dL ±10 mg/dL, at least 95% of the time. For children with type 1 diabetes before puberty, the target blood glucose value should be about 10 mg/dL lower.

Your doctor may have advised you to maintain higher blood glucose levels, maybe 120-180 mg/dL, deeming it acceptable and desirable. However, adhering to officially recommended blood glucose levels inevitably leads to the development of diabetes complications over the years. It may cause disability and reduce your life expectancy. Your doctor may not have adequately emphasized these risks.

Before we proceed, I consider it necessary to provide several warnings.

1. Achieving good control of diabetes and maintaining normal blood glucose levels requires high motivation and cognitive skills.
2. Most diabetics lack the motivation or education needed to benefit from the low-carb method and the information in this book.
3. This book contains hundreds of statements that contradict the opinion of official medicine.
4. Over time, most likely, it will turn out that some of these statements are erroneous and harmful. It’s unavoidable. Only those who do nothing do not make mistakes.

For many decades, mainstream medicine has fiercely resisted the transition of diabetics to a low-carbohydrate diet. Despite its positive impact observed by individuals with diabetes, doctors made concerted efforts to discourage its adoption. This resistance stemmed from the potential reduction in revenue streams for:

• doctors,
• pharmaceutical companies,
• medical officials.

It is only in recent years that organized medicine has partially acknowledged the legitimacy of a low-carbohydrate diet for diabetics.

Significant Life Changes Are Necessary

Switching from a regular diet to a low-carbohydrate one requires individuals with diabetes to lower their daily insulin doses and reassess the appropriate dosage for every insulin shot throughout the day. Also, they have to cut back on medications that lower their blood glucose and blood pressure. This book provides detailed information on using different types of insulin and diabetes pills.

This book presents numerous statements that may challenge the views of conventional medicine. These statements cover topics such as a suitable diet for diabetics, insulin and diabetes pill usage, and other related matters. You don’t have to take any of them for granted. Instead, conduct personal experiments, closely monitor your blood glucose levels, and assess the outcomes. Within a few days, you will objectively know whether my suggestions deliver the promised results. Unlike many other diseases, diabetes provides a unique opportunity for individuals to objectively evaluate the effectiveness of different treatment methods in a relatively short period.

Achieving worthy control of diabetes and maintaining normal blood glucose levels requires high motivation to live long and avoid disability. It also demands cognitive skills above average. Effectively managing diabetes through a low-carbohydrate diet system is not an overly complex task. However, it does require more than the average person is typically capable of.

Final Warnings Before You Begin Your Low-Carb Journey

I have made every effort to present the material clearly and understandably. Nevertheless, there are inherent boundaries to how much complex material can be simplified. If those boundaries are exceeded, what remains is merely an empty shell devoid of any meaningful benefit. I recommend taking a moment to reflect on whether you possess the necessary motivation and cognitive skills. It may be more beneficial for you to avoid investing your hard-earned money, precious time, and energy into reading this book.

I must also emphasize that the low-carbohydrate diabetes management system and this book is not compatible with vegetarian, vegan, and raw food diets. Achieving normal blood sugar levels in diabetes through a low-carb approach necessitates the consumption of animal products.

I often use the phrase “organized medicine”. It sounds similar to the phrase “organized crime”. This similarity is not accidental. I must honestly confess that this phrase was not originated by me, but by Dr. Bernstein (see section 1.3).

Before switching to the low-carbohydrate diet, please read section 1.2 of this book, undergo blood and urine tests to assess kidney function, and consult your doctor. Dangerous side effects may occur, including irreversible kidney damage. You have been warned.