MY TESTIMONY OF FREEDOM FROM TYPE TWO DIABETES.
My first realisation that something was wrong, was Christmas 2009. We were with our son and his family in Texas. One evening, his wife’s mother, a nurse, tested her sugar levels, and suggested that she would like to check mine. My reading was sky high, and she told me that with that reading, I should be in hospital, and advised me to see my doctor when I got home.
In January 2010, my doctor confirmed that I was pre diabetic, and advised me to go on a short course in order to learn what I should eat. I was advised to cut down on fatty food, and eat more ( healthy) carbs. They told me to knock out all processed confectionery, and eat a lot of fruit and veg. I really tried hard to follow this advice but, since I had already been living a relatively healthy life-style, I didn’t lose much weight. A little while later, when I was called for a diabetes blood test, the small bottle of lucozade they gave me, spiked me so high, my doctor told me that I was now a type 2 diabetic, and gave me a prescription of Metformin to take three times a day.
I realised that the diet that I was put on, was not making any difference, so in 2014 having done some research online, I came across a diet plan for diabetics that seemed totally the opposite to what I was on. As a Christian, I prayed about what to do, and I decided to commit and go on a ketogenic diet. At that point I was 189 lbs. Sue (my wife) joined me for a two-week trial and then having lost 3 or 4 lbs we went full throttle into the diet.
A few days later, I began to feel dizzy, and then I felt weak and a bit unsteady, so we went online to check if this had anything to do with the diet, and learned that I was experiencing ‘Keto Flu’. It lasted for 3 days. Soon after that we went down to Symonds Yat, to do some walking and it was on that week-end that I realised just how much fitter I felt and how much weight I had lost. My food diet consisted of lots of fats, found in meat, cheese, cream, oily fish and avocados, even a full English breakfast! I also ate lots of green veggies and salad. Not much fruit, unfortunately, except berries but by substituting almond flour and coconut flour for higher carb wheat flour I continued to enjoy tiramisu, cheese cake and crumbles. What’s not to love!
My doctor called me in for another diabetes blood test, and when he saw me, his response was, ….”don’t know what you are doing Mr Prosser, but you look fantastic” at that point my weight was 147 lbs. The doctor took me off the medication, and a little while later, after another blood sugar test, phoned to tell me that I was no longer type 2 diabetic. I had lost 42 lbs.
These days I recognise that at least 80% of the produce on supermarket shelves are geared to obesity, and have learnt the importance of reading food labels carefully. For instance, I picked up some sausages, looked at the carbs value and saw that with the added cereal was quite high. So I then picked up another pack with lower carbs, and chose those instead.
Today I rejoice that not only is my diabetes cured but as an added bonus so too has my back pain, which had gradually increased with age. I give God the Glory, because He helped in those times I felt like giving up.
My first realisation that something was wrong, was Christmas 2009. We were with our son and his family in Texas. One evening, his wife’s mother, a nurse, tested her sugar levels, and suggested that she would like to check mine. My reading was sky high, and she told me that with that reading, I should be in hospital, and advised me to see my doctor when I got home.
In January 2010, my doctor confirmed that I was pre diabetic, and advised me to go on a short course in order to learn what I should eat. I was advised to cut down on fatty food, and eat more ( healthy) carbs. They told me to knock out all processed confectionery, and eat a lot of fruit and veg. I really tried hard to follow this advice but, since I had already been living a relatively healthy life-style, I didn’t lose much weight. A little while later, when I was called for a diabetes blood test, the small bottle of lucozade they gave me, spiked me so high, my doctor told me that I was now a type 2 diabetic, and gave me a prescription of Metformin to take three times a day.
I realised that the diet that I was put on, was not making any difference, so in 2014 having done some research online, I came across a diet plan for diabetics that seemed totally the opposite to what I was on. As a Christian, I prayed about what to do, and I decided to commit and go on a ketogenic diet. At that point I was 189 lbs. Sue (my wife) joined me for a two-week trial and then having lost 3 or 4 lbs we went full throttle into the diet.
A few days later, I began to feel dizzy, and then I felt weak and a bit unsteady, so we went online to check if this had anything to do with the diet, and learned that I was experiencing ‘Keto Flu’. It lasted for 3 days. Soon after that we went down to Symonds Yat, to do some walking and it was on that week-end that I realised just how much fitter I felt and how much weight I had lost. My food diet consisted of lots of fats, found in meat, cheese, cream, oily fish and avocados, even a full English breakfast! I also ate lots of green veggies and salad. Not much fruit, unfortunately, except berries but by substituting almond flour and coconut flour for higher carb wheat flour I continued to enjoy tiramisu, cheese cake and crumbles. What’s not to love!
My doctor called me in for another diabetes blood test, and when he saw me, his response was, ….”don’t know what you are doing Mr Prosser, but you look fantastic” at that point my weight was 147 lbs. The doctor took me off the medication, and a little while later, after another blood sugar test, phoned to tell me that I was no longer type 2 diabetic. I had lost 42 lbs.
These days I recognise that at least 80% of the produce on supermarket shelves are geared to obesity, and have learnt the importance of reading food labels carefully. For instance, I picked up some sausages, looked at the carbs value and saw that with the added cereal was quite high. So I then picked up another pack with lower carbs, and chose those instead.
Today I rejoice that not only is my diabetes cured but as an added bonus so too has my back pain, which had gradually increased with age. I give God the Glory, because He helped in those times I felt like giving up.
MY TESTIMONY OF FREEDOM FROM TYPE TWO DIABETES.
My first realisation that something was wrong, was Christmas 2009. We were with our son and his family in Texas. One evening, his wife’s mother, a nurse, tested her sugar levels, and suggested that she would like to check mine. My reading was sky high, and she told me that with that reading, I should be in hospital, and advised me to see my doctor when I got home.
In January 2010, my doctor confirmed that I was pre diabetic, and advised me to go on a short course in order to learn what I should eat. I was advised to cut down on fatty food, and eat more ( healthy) carbs. They told me to knock out all processed confectionery, and eat a lot of fruit and veg. I really tried hard to follow this advice but, since I had already been living a relatively healthy life-style, I didn’t lose much weight. A little while later, when I was called for a diabetes blood test, the small bottle of lucozade they gave me, spiked me so high, my doctor told me that I was now a type 2 diabetic, and gave me a prescription of Metformin to take three times a day.
I realised that the diet that I was put on, was not making any difference, so in 2014 having done some research online, I came across a diet plan for diabetics that seemed totally the opposite to what I was on. As a Christian, I prayed about what to do, and I decided to commit and go on a ketogenic diet. At that point I was 189 lbs. Sue (my wife) joined me for a two-week trial and then having lost 3 or 4 lbs we went full throttle into the diet.
A few days later, I began to feel dizzy, and then I felt weak and a bit unsteady, so we went online to check if this had anything to do with the diet, and learned that I was experiencing ‘Keto Flu’. It lasted for 3 days. Soon after that we went down to Symonds Yat, to do some walking and it was on that week-end that I realised just how much fitter I felt and how much weight I had lost. My food diet consisted of lots of fats, found in meat, cheese, cream, oily fish and avocados, even a full English breakfast! I also ate lots of green veggies and salad. Not much fruit, unfortunately, except berries but by substituting almond flour and coconut flour for higher carb wheat flour I continued to enjoy tiramisu, cheese cake and crumbles. What’s not to love!
My doctor called me in for another diabetes blood test, and when he saw me, his response was, ….”don’t know what you are doing Mr Prosser, but you look fantastic” at that point my weight was 147 lbs. The doctor took me off the medication, and a little while later, after another blood sugar test, phoned to tell me that I was no longer type 2 diabetic. I had lost 42 lbs.
These days I recognise that at least 80% of the produce on supermarket shelves are geared to obesity, and have learnt the importance of reading food labels carefully. For instance, I picked up some sausages, looked at the carbs value and saw that with the added cereal was quite high. So I then picked up another pack with lower carbs, and chose those instead.
Today I rejoice that not only is my diabetes cured but as an added bonus so too has my back pain, which had gradually increased with age. I give God the Glory, because He helped in those times I felt like giving up.
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