RickS is correct -- the book says diabetics shouldn't engage in the Fast-5 plan *without a physician's supervision.
The reason for the extra caution is that diabetes introduces a number of variables, including a state of overall health that may range from relatively healthy to one that is very fragile. Further, unless one has a thorough understanding and monitoring of blood sugar and insulin, the shift to fasting could result in mismanagement of insulin and other antidiabetic drugs which could be dangerous.
I do encourage overweight diabetics to try the Fast-5 approach, because it has the potential to be very helpful and overweight diabetics have a lot to gain from both losing weight and simplifying their glucose/insulin response patterns. Further, weight loss with or without the Fast-5 way of eating may eventually restore normal insulin activity and eliminate the diabetes. Diabetics should discuss the plan, monitoring, and results with a physician so that it can be done safely.
Bert
Bert Herring
Fast-5 Corporation
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> Hi, all. I'm on day day 6 of the fast-5 plan and hoping for good
> results. I'm type II diabetic, and although the book says diabetics
> shouldn't engage in this plan, I suspect we are the first who should.
>
> I'm encouraged by what I've read. I hope to see much lower fasting
> blood glucose levels in the morning as my body heals, and of course,
> losing weight will be a nice bonus. I could stand to lose 70-80 lbs.
>
> At this particular moment, I'm more hungry right now than I usually am
> while in the fasting phase. That could be because I have a roast in the
> crockpot (smells amazing) and because I made my daughter an egg and
> vegetable dish before she headed off to work. This is the most I've
> been exposed to food while fasting this week. And now my son has put a
> pizza in the oven. That isn't going to help.
>
> The hunger doesn't really bother me though, and I'm surprised it
> doesn't. I'm sure it's because I still eat everyday, and eat things
> that satisfy. It is hunger without panic, which is a whole different
> animal than the hunger of deprivation.
>
> The biggest problem I have is that I am feeling a bit weak and foggy,
> and I'm hoping, really hoping, these feelings are just temporary and
> part of the adjustment period. I'd rather not 'treat' it by introducing
> food before my eating window as a more gradual adjustment. Cold turkey
> suits my personality better.
>
> Anyway, that's where I'm at. And happy to be here.
>
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