Ken Bessler wrote:
|| On 9 Jan 04 I started a total diet/excercise program. I was 39, 5'8",
|| 307 lbs. I had insulin dependant type II diabetes and was taking 540
|| units of insulin plus 2000 mg of Glucophage per day. My blood
|| pressure was out of control. My good cholesterol was 18, my bad was
|| 310.
|| My tryglicerides sp were 1495. I wore size 48 jeans. My HBa1C
|| was 9.8
||
|| Plus, to make things worse, I had been diagnosed with Steato
|| Hepatitis and all my liver biopsies and enzyme tests indicated I was
|| quickly heading to liver failure.
||
|| Now, after 9 months of low carb/cal/fat/salt and lots of bike riding
|| (42 miles yesterday, 22 today), My blood pressure is perfect, my good
|| cholesterol is up to 61 and bad is down to 174. Trygs are normal.
|| I've not had one bit of diabetes meds or insulin in 9 months. My
|| latest HBa1C (8/16) was 4.8. I've lost 110 lbs and now use size 34
|| jeans.
||
|| Today, I got the real stunner - I got back my latest liver function
|| test results (AST & ALT enzyme).
||
|| Completely NORMAL!!!!!! Not only normal but right in the middle of
|| the normal range! My hepatitis has gone from life threatining to
|| FINE?
||
|| All I've done is cut my carbs to 30/day, cut fat & sodium, gotten
|| 1-2 hours of excercise per day and taken flax seed, fish oil and
|| niacin OTC supplements plus perscription Inderal LA (for BP).

And you lost 110 lbs.

||
|| Can this really be happening? My doc was stunned, too - he wants to
|| order my 5th liver biopsy to confirm the lab results. I dunno - those
|| things hurt bad!
||
|| I guess I'll think about it.....

Good job!