Reversing T2 Diabetes

I'm Jackie and you can find out about me from my about me page on another blog.  Since this blog will be almost entirely about me, and my journey to attempt to reverse diabetes, I didn't bother with an "about me" page here. Why does a post about diabetes have a Pacman? The reason is autophagy, a word which means self-eating.  Autophagy is the process by which lysosomes within a cell eat malformed proteins and/or damaged organelles, bre…

This post is not going to be about traditional keto Thanksgiving meal ideas; you can google and find tens of thousands of recipes for keto Thanksgiving dishes. Rather, it is about strategy. In my opinion, it's extremely important to plan for holidays or other special occassions in advance. Nothing screws you up as rapidly as not having a plan. Anna reminds me regularly that we don't need food to celebrate and I agree with that wholeheartedly. …

The scale weighs everything: bone mass, muscle mass, fluid, fat, the contents of your GI tract and bladder. My experience in the group is that the person who's weight just goes down all the time is rare indeed. I joke often that the scale is a lying liar that lies. My 16 week weight loss wasn't exactly a transformation since my 12 week chart; only an additional two pounds down. The slope of my graph was going the right way, but my fluid issues…

Last November, I posted about having gotten sick, back in the pre-covid days when it was significantly less scary. If you have a short-term illness and don't have "keto flu" (which is primarily caused by electrolyte issues ), and also can exclude feeling sick from cheating on keto, then you likely have either a respiratory illness (cold or flu) or a bout of vomiting and/or diarrhea (stomach virus or mild food poisoning). Mine was a respira…

Image credit: from Grey's Anatomy via Wikimedia [public domain] Though I've previously posted about my reversing my adrenal insufficiency , I really wanted to provide as much information as possible on this topic. Overview of Adrenal Function The adrenals are two small organs located just above the kidneys, consisting of an inner part (cortex) and outer part (medulla). Overall, the adrenal glands produce 3 types of hormones: glucocorticoids (hor…

One day, when my favorite farmer at the market was selling baby bok choy and I wanted some and decided this was a perfect keto supper idea. Having made it, I can testify that this garlicky chicken stir fry with soya sauce is a perfect keto diet lunch idea or keto diet dinner recipe if you do OMAD. This is a very hearty dish for very few calories. If it's not enough calories for you, add a side salad with about half of one of Amanda's dressin…