Yes and no. If you are on medications you have to eat regularly on your schedule.

Some people do well with intermittent fasting, where you eat during the same 6-8 hours daily.

I am controlling my diabetes journey by diet, exercise, portion control and motivation. I can fast, but when my blood glucose goes low my liver releases more glucose than my pancreas can handle and I get a net increase in my number.

But overall for me fasting gets rid of excess stored glucose in my liver. It works for me but each of us is different and our diabetes journeys are unique.

So the bottom line is yes intermittent fasting works for many people.

Traditional Fasting can work for some people but is not good for some.

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Sometimes it works sometimes it don’t. My doctor told me not to do it more then 8hrs so i tried it but my bs has run higher since doing so. My bs was better when i would fast for 14hrs. You can try it and see. When i did it for 14hrs i wouldn’t eat anything from 8pm to 10am.

Like any of the diabetes diets, fasting (intermittent) can certainly help lower average blood sugar.

There is a couple of different (recognized) processes such as the 16/8 where you fast for 16 hours, do all your eating in an 8 hour period.

You do have to be careful because your diabetes can complicate a fasting method/schedule that you might find with a google search. It's one thing to fast with a "normal metabolism" it can be quite different with our messed up one.

If you are considering it I really would do two things.

First ask your doctor if they would have any concerns (medically) and second enlist the services of a dietitian or nutritionist who is willing to work with you "as a diabetic" to meet the goal you are looking for.

One of our team members who pops in once in a while @A DiabetesTeam Member follows a very stringent fasting program and has been doing it for a couple years.

I did ask her to "write it out" for me, which she did and I will post it up in a (reply here) and you can take a look at what "works for her".

I know myself, I couldn't follow her program but also couldn't do the keto or vegan/vegetarian diets either. And any of them only work if you can follow them to the letter.

Anyhow, next post will be Corinna's (method).

(adding in a PS - she followed this for a few years and got "normal numbers" - stopped for a year or two and they jumped right back up so went back on the program and returned to controlled numbers - so it works but you would have to continue it or transition to "something else" that maintained the control - it doesn't "fix it" or leave at the (reduced) level)

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I had a good discussion with Corinna about (this) because occasionally someone asks about a fasting program.

And yes, she follows this every day forever and ever and also followed an exercise program (exact details escape me at the moment - I think I have notes somewhere from our whole conversation) she is quite active.

Her (method) also resulted in weight loss down to normal BMI levels which reversed, along with the blood sugar control, when she laid off the (fasting) and tried to go back to a more normal diet.

And that is a "theme". You really need to pick a diet that you can live with "forever" because there does not appear to be any "hold over" effects with any of them if you try and transition out of them.

Personally I would rather live with a diet that didn't leave me unsatisfied or was not difficult to follow whether at home or not and "take meds" to make up for the deficiencies then follow something as restrictive as this or a 20 or 40 carb Keto and be "drug free".

I'm personally motivated but I also know where my line in the sand is....

Do you do this every day?Also , do you exercise each day?