Also, have you explored a ketogenic diet as an option?
Yes of course. Every time I discuss this topic on the internet, I encounter half a dozen highly enthusiastic advocates for low carb diets.
I went way low on carbs for about a year. 25 to 35 grams per day. I was able to have more or less normal blood glucose readings without insulin or other meds. I lost about 30 lbs in six months, couldn't lose any more after that, though I was still too fat. I was eating too much red meat. I was often nauseated and light-headed, and otherwise felt vaguely ill much of the time. I was always vaguely hungry and vaguely nauseated. I was somewhat irritable and dysphoric much of the time. Being around tempting carbs, like maybe in a grocery store, made me insane. I had to run away. I was lass active, physically and mentally, less productive in my work. After about a year, I couldn't stand to live that way any more. I decided to return very cautiously to normal eating, keeping the calories low, eating as healthily as possible. I did all that, but my blood sugar shot up almost immediately, and I regained the lost weight within six months or less, despite my best efforts.
In my work, I often talk with people who desperately need to lose weight. About half of them have tried a low-carb diet at one time or another. My story is typical, almost universal. I can't understand how the enthusiasm for low carb diets persists on the internet year after year. It's been going on for twenty years now.
But let's not start that debate. I'm here to talk about Apthasol.
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