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I started this whole journey for me. And because I am obsessive about having information, I read and read and read at the begining and, as it does if you read enough, it utterly changed the way I think about food and turned everything I thought I knew about nutrition on its head.
I was only a couple of days in when I realised what this could do for my DH, who though only a few pounds overweight is a type II diabetic whose drug dosages have been climbing streadily over the last few years. He'd been eating all along according to the usual recommendations - lots of complex carbs, low fat etc. And he was very, very good about "eating right". So good that the very idea of changing both horrified and terrified him.
So I had to take my time about persuading him to join me, he isn't big into reading and I knew he would not plough through the book. But I knew if I lost weight and started looking and feeling better it would go a long way to doing that. Plus I started drip feeding him with information, reading bits f the book to him and telling him about things I had read. And finally he bought into it completely.
Now, only a short 6 weeks after he started he is off ALL diabetes drugs, feels fantastic, looks fantastic and has lost a little weight too, although he had little to lose. His blood sugar is completely normal, completely.
Tomorrow is his birthday, and I cannot think of a better birthday present he could have. I wish there was some way to thank Dr Atkins. But all I can say is that I hope there is a heaven and he is in it.
I was only a couple of days in when I realised what this could do for my DH, who though only a few pounds overweight is a type II diabetic whose drug dosages have been climbing streadily over the last few years. He'd been eating all along according to the usual recommendations - lots of complex carbs, low fat etc. And he was very, very good about "eating right". So good that the very idea of changing both horrified and terrified him.
So I had to take my time about persuading him to join me, he isn't big into reading and I knew he would not plough through the book. But I knew if I lost weight and started looking and feeling better it would go a long way to doing that. Plus I started drip feeding him with information, reading bits f the book to him and telling him about things I had read. And finally he bought into it completely.
Now, only a short 6 weeks after he started he is off ALL diabetes drugs, feels fantastic, looks fantastic and has lost a little weight too, although he had little to lose. His blood sugar is completely normal, completely.
Tomorrow is his birthday, and I cannot think of a better birthday present he could have. I wish there was some way to thank Dr Atkins. But all I can say is that I hope there is a heaven and he is in it.
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