I recently completed a 24 hour high carb experiment. I proved that I was still a diabetic among other things, if you missed the post here’s a link, “Date with the Devil – Follow Up“. This post is regarding a new experiment… in a totally different direction, this will be an almost 100% fat test. …
The picture to the right was taken yesterday fasted and right before my workout. It’s about 11:00 Am and other than Heavy Cream and Coconut Oil I had not eaten since the prior day. I love fasted workouts, I seem to do my best in a ‘fasted state’. By the way, I am wearing a …
I have not provided an update on my blood sugars in quite awhile. After amost two years of following a HIGH FAT meal plan (averaging @ 66% of my calories from fat) … and a 26 day experiment of VERY HIGH FAT (77% of calories from fat) I decided to experiment with a lowER fat …
The last time I tested my Overnight Fasting Blood Sugar was while I was doing the Coconut Oil Fasting. (Posts are Summary, Day 2, Wrap Up). There were several lessons gleaned from that experiment but the MOST IMPORTANT lesson learned is…. remove carbohydrates and protein… and blood sugar will decrease. That seems to be an obvious statement …
Back on April 17, 2011 … I began a Coconut Oil Fast (here are the related posts Summary, Day 2, Wrap Up ) Set the Stage As a consequence of eating only Coconut Oil my blood sugar dropped steadily and I thought it had stabilized but I was wrong. My Overnight fasting blood sugar and my …
If you have elevated blood sugars or are experiencing a weight loss stall, try a coconut oil fat fast!
I have a post maintaining a summary of my Blood Sugar, Exercise and Commentary while attempting a seven day Coconut Oil Fast, you can view it here. “7 Day Fast“. That post is getting kind of long …and I am ONLY ON day 2. I wanted to do a special ‘show and tell” so …
* If you have already read this post, you can skip to the middle for daily updates. 7 Day Fast (attempt) began Sunday night, 4/17/11 at 8pm … finished 15 oz of grass fed ground beef and cheese. I will attempt to fast for up to 7 days (one week). By the way, I’m a …
My friend John Hanson posted a video today and I found it very enlightening … so much so that I wanted to share it permanently in a blog post. In this video you can clearly see the affects of sugar on the blood stream. Thanks to John for posting this for us all …
If you read and heed the advice of a leading cardiologist, who also happens to be a diabetic… EVERYONE not ‘just’ diabetics should be doing this!!! What is ‘this’? Periodically Testing your blood sugar… Yes, even non-diabetics should test their blood sugar monthly, quarterly or yearly. These are Normal “Non-diabetic” scores, any numbers above these …
I post my Overnight Fasting Blood Glucose (OFBG) ‘testing’ pictures ALL THE TIME on facebook and twitter. Well… not ‘all the time’ but every time I test. I only test once a week or two (unless I am experimenting) I KNOW that flies in the face of EVERYTHING anyone tells you BUT here is why I …