I currently weigh 145 lbs. After losing 30 pounds with a low carb diet, I have maintained that weight for many years. My current BMI is within the normal range for my height. At one point I exercised daily for a year and got my body fat down to 24%, which put me into the "Fitness" category for a woman my age. Despite what my doctors had told me, it didn't do a thing for my blood sugars, which got worse.
This raised my curiosity. I started tracking through the research articles available for free on the web. (many of them, now, alas, are no longer free, but I was lucky that I started my research back in 2004 when they were.)
The information I found, much of it differing dramatically from what doctors were telling patients about what caused diabetes and how it should be treated, became the kernel of this web site. My goal was to answer these questions: What do scientists actually know about Type 2 diabetes, why do doctors miss diabetes diagnoses until long after people already have diabetic complications, and what blood sugar levels are truly low enough to prevent further damage to the organs and beta cells?
I learned where the current practice recommendations most doctors follow came from and why they are inadequate to protect people with diabetes from complications. Fortunately, I also found some very solid information about what blood sugar levels seem to be low enough to prevent complications.
Since posting this information, I have heard from literally hundreds of people who have found it useful. I have also written a book, Blood Sugar 101: What They Don't Tell You About Diabetes which presents the most important information you'll find scattered around this site in a clear, brief, well organized manner. I enjoy hearing from readers of this page. The contact information tab above will give you the email address you can use to reach me. Besides this site, I also maintain the following diabetes/diet sites on the web:
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