Type 2 Diabetes Journey
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Why Some People Thrive on Low-Fat Diets — And Others Don’t
A guide to metabolic individuality, blood sugar, trauma, and understanding why some people need a low-fat diet. Introduction: One Size Never Fits All Nutrition is rarely universal. Two people can eat the same breakfast and experience very different outcomes. One might feel light and energized, while another feels heavy, sluggish, or finds their blood sugar elevated hours later. This difference is not about discipline or doing something wrong. It reflects metabolic individuality. Some bodies simply operate better on low-fat, high-carbohydrate meals, while others do well with higher-fat eating. Understanding why some people need a low-fat diet while others do not can be a turning point for health, digestion, and emotional…
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My Low-Fat Type 2 Diabetes Experiment: What Happened When I Paused Metformin
Disclaimer:I’m not a doctor, and this is not medical advice. This is simply my personal experiment and lived experience with Type 2 Diabetes. Always talk to your own healthcare provider before changing medications or making major shifts to your nutrition or lifestyle. Welcome to My Experiment I was diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes in February 2020. Like most people, I followed everything my doctor told me for a while — the appointments, the increasing medications, the “standard” advice. But as more prescriptions were added, something inside me — the part of me that is curious, pioneering, and unwilling to just accept the status quo — started to stir. I began…
