During COVID 19 pandemia, while sitting at home like all of us, I decided to experiment with myself some more and tryed the Keto diet. First of all I have to say that I loved my Keto Diet. Everything the enthusiast of this diet say turned out to be true for me. Less than 3 moths later I was in ketosis. That means all my organs were getting their bio energy from fat not glucose. I did feel more energetic. I had a clearer mind and thoughts. I could take care of my dayly routine faster and better. I could focus on any given task and stay focused longer. I felt happier and at piece. I also could avoid some negative experiences that usually are related with the beginning of Keto because I added more salads and water in my everyday consumption to avoid the typical constipations. In 3 months I was 10 lb lighter. My sugar was normal with less effort. Another 3 months and I quited Keto. So you would ask me: Why?
My answer is related to my so called Type 2 Diabetes and my love for fruits. I noticed that if I ate apples my morning sugar was 10 to 20 unites higher than without apples. That means that, what they say about fruits on Keto, is also true like everything else. It also means that while in ketosis my body would prefer the fat over the glucose and free sugar was just floating in my blood unused. That was my hypothesis then and this is what continues to almost becoming my theory now.
Unfortunately, I have no idea who and where is doing diabetes research. They all are arguing about how to reduce your blood sugar either natually by proper life style or with a magic pill. I do not think anyone have a research on why and when our bodies increase or decrease our blood sugar. I noticed that my sugar is higher when I get a cold, or get nervous. It gets high in the morning but goes all the way down midday. I also noticed that sometimes after eating a cake in the evening I wake up with normal sugar while other times I go to sleep hungry and wake up with sugar elevated by 20-30 units.
There are no answers, only questions.
Today, 3 years after Keto, I eat everything. I follow only a couple of rules: I do have a small breakfast, sometimes it is just a coffee with half&half, a lot of half&half. 4-5 hours later I eat my largest meal of the day. Within 1 hour after that, I start drinking my tea often with something sweet, but it can also be just an apple, other fruits, or dry pretzels. My morning sugar is higher than my midday sugar, but I have no other symptoms, like blur vission, ot bleeding gums, or slowly healing wounds. The body works like a clock. I keep steady weight. I also walk in the woods from 2000 to 10000 steps a day.
