The How

The first couple of weeks I tried the Keto diet with meat. I ate a lot of meat and cheese at every meal with an even larger helping of greens and fresh vegetables.

My numbers improved, but I could get past 6.0 mmol.

I did more research and found that blood cells with too much fat in them made it hard for them to absorb insulin... Meat and Meat Products have a lot of fat...

I cut out meat and went fully plant based for two weeks.

The results came back within a couple of days. My mmol began to drop to the mid and low 5 mmol. I couldn't believe my eyes!

What I learned during this time is Fibre, Fibre, Fibre... The more fibre you consume the fuller you'll feel, and the better it is for your blood sugars.

This is what my day looks like:

8:00am check fasting blood sugars

11:30am make lunch of green smoothie (no fruit except lemon), salad, and plant based protein

2:00pm or 3:00pm snack of nuts, but only if I need a snack.

6:00pm check blood sugars, dinner of green smoothie, roasted greens, plant based protein

8:00pm snack of keto chocolate, green smoothie, or nothing

My Green Smoothie consists of Celery, Cucumbers, Ginger, 1 Slice of Lemon, Spinach, Water
Celery is the major ingredient because it is so fibrous.

I drink this smoothie 1-3 times per day as a meal filler if I'm still hungry at the end of the meal.