Key Foods, Snacks, and Drinks for Diabetics 

This video needs way more than three likes. Without Dennis, alot of us would be lost.

but it is necessary for many of us to be strict with 20 carbs or lower. And many of us haven't been able to reverse our T2D in 3 months. I'm 3 years in and have gone from over an A1C of 10 to 5.8. that is being consistent with NOT going off plan. it's wonderful to see so many that you interview do it so quickly but in reality I believe there are more of us that requires more time. we feel discouraged when we don't respond as fast but know that we ARE doing the correct WOE. I want to encourage those who are struggling, keep it up. it's worth the fight.

Im so grateful for Dennis to keep us diabetics on track.

Low-carb, high fat, ketogenic diet has lots of options, but I always rely on Mike the meter because some keto recipes raise glucose. Thanks for your informative video. Consistent A1C in the 5's for over a year! Praise God!

Thanks Dennis for the voice of common sense. I’m still frustrated with my morning blood sugar but by eating low carb I am able to control my hunger and eliminate snacking and mostly maintain a 6 hour eating window. I persevere

Like you I believe that whatever diet we decide to follow we've got to invite Mike to be the central participant in that diet. Blessings Dennis

I've been doing Dennis' challenge for all of 2022 I find that my most successful month was April. I had a salad for lunch (no dressing but cheese and walnuts to spark it up) and dinner was meat or other protien and vegetable. Bullet proof coffee for breakfast. I found it was sustainable and delisious.

I’ve been a type 2 diabetic for years and I now use my meter to determine my diet I check my sugar every 30 minutes after a meal and my cap is 140 peak if I stay below that I consider that meal acceptable if it reaches 141-160 I wait a few weeks and try it a second time to make sure it was the meal and not something else and everything over 161 is a hard not again

Thanks for all you do, Pastor Pollock. As my in-law, I am not allowed to call you by your first name. I am happy to report that I have had high blood sugar issue for about ten years, peaking at 13.5 A1C. Last year, after watching your videos, my number dropped to 10.5, and dropped to 7.4 last week. I am excited and motivated. I am aiming to be in the fives. It's not easy, but I am working on it. Thanks again for all you do

I fell off the wagon yesterday but today is a new day and am climbing back on. 😢

Great video. Thank you Dennis for your daily dose of common sense. We need it. 👍

After istening to different diabetes channels, yours and Drs you recommend. I have taken from each what works best for me. Took your advice & I had begun to use my meter to figure out what foods spiked for me. To my utter Joy I found that I can enjoy simple ingredient sourdough bread sandwiches , 1/2 C refried beans & also 1/2C of instant potatoes. If I hadn’t of listened to you to use my meter, these foods would have unnecessary been eliminated from my meals. Instead because of my meter I continue to enjoy them. Rice / reg flour tortillas are still a no go for me. I eat a two meals a day within a 6 hour period. I have been blessed because I enjoy savory food so much more than sweet. Although I must say that I end the day with a small square of dark chocolate. It is not a one size fits all disease.

Sugar free jello is maltodextrin and raises my Sugar 50 points for hours

Dr. Westman is an obesity doctor. So I believe he limits cheeses because of the high calories in them. Most of his patients are obese or morbidly obese and need to drop weight as that is a huge factor for developing diabetes. Hence, the first phase of his book is gear towards those types of patients. Ty Dennis for another good video 🙏💓🙏

Thank you, brother Dennis! Common sense - it works. Can't beat that. No hunger required. We do need Mike the Meter - some meals are surprising - Mike reveals their true nature.

Mike the meter is absolute in finding your own path...which is somewhat different for everyone...another great vid Dennis..thanks

A great speech dennis we always learn something from you

Dennis, everytime I watch each of your videos I either am happy, because I either can confirm what I thought I know or, I learn something new. Either way, it,s all good. God Bless you my friend!

Dennis you and Dr Westman have helped so many people thru the years God bless you both

Thank you for your insight. I'm still on your challenge journey. My A1c on June 29, 2022, was 8.3 pretty bad. Doctor switched me to Lantus insulin. Just had a checkup last week and my A1c was 6.3, a big improvement. Having an A1c in the 5's would make great Christmas gift. I plan to be in the 5's club by Christmas. My plan for the insulin is to lower the dose by 1ml unit each time my fasting sugar is below 110mg.

Perfect analysis and very knowledgeable and logical. Even though you are not a qualified Doctor. I appreciate your approach regarding diabetes it's superb. God bless you sir.

Greetings from Ethiopia. Thank you Dennis. That was very helpful.

I know everybody is different, but I try my best to not snack at all, by eating plenty of low or no carb food at my two meals, lunch and Dinner. However, it does happen, and if my hunger doesn't go away with bullitproof coffee or tea or water, then I have my go to food ready in the fridge, hard boiled eggs. I'm so proud of myself for stopping my snacking that I don't want to go back there. Mike the meter tells me a hard boiled egg every once in a while is not a bad thing. Thank you Ben and Den.

Thank you for showcasing Dr. Eric Westman!

I remember reading Dr. Atkins where he said the only carbs that affect blood sugar are net carbs. However, after many years participating on low carb , on-line discussion groups, I found that many people can only lose weight or manage blood sugar by following a total carb number approach. So, it really is individual. I rely on counting net carbs which can mean more calories than if I just counted just straight carbs. So, I practice strict portion control also. What I like about Pastor Dennis is his encouraging us to rely on Mike the Meter to find out what works best. That has helped me so much.

God bless you 🙌

I just found your channel and I have been binge watching all of your videos. Im so glad to have found some one like you. 🙌 God is good 😊

Thank you , once again great video.

Thank you for your wonderful videos, your information is so credible and truly helpful

Thanks for the continuous information. stay Blessed

What a wonderful explanation. You r always great. God blessed 🙏.

One of my favorite phrases from Dr. Westman is “This is a prescription strength diet“. When you are on a prescription strength diet you will likely need to cut out pharmaceuticals. It has to be done carefully. It works wonders.

Agree 100%. Glucose meter is bottom line and fortress against money talking even open or hidden. That's exactly why I follow your advice, thank You DP.

I really appreciate this video as someone who loves Dr. Westman but struggles with 20 total carbs, your insights were helpful.

I agree with the science behind your glucose control plan Dennis. Mike the meter is key till I know the glucose spikes.

Another great video Dennis.

THANK YOU ❤

Great video. Fully agree with you on the three critiques (not testing blood glucose, no time restricted eating, and phase III). I think his main focus has always been on weight loss and not on Diabetes, which would explain things. FOr diabetes, I tend to trust Dr. Jason Fung more since his focus has been on advanced type II D.

Great video,thanks 👍

Thank you Dennis for your educational videos. I learn so much from you. I look forward to reading Dr. Eastman’s book. Have a wonderful weekend.

I hold to 20 net carbs. Don’t have snacks but eat when hungry at meals or might skip a meal if I get hungry. I’m at goal weight and don’t fast because of the bump up of cortisol when I do. Each person has to find their jam.

I love your shirt in the video, Dennis!

Snacks I use nuts, no sugar beef jerky and parm cheese crisps. They get me that crunch and extra protein to keep off hunger.

Thank you Dennis for sharing this information appreciate all you do..keep the videos coming

I'm finding more and more keto options through many RU-vid channels as I'm also a visual learner too

thank you

Thankyou for sharing.

On keto and IF I initially lost 10kg but put it back on eating 2MAD, so I've gone back to OMAD, weight is now stable.Trying to lose again.

I let my meter decide what works for me. I hate giving up bread. But 1 slice of keto bread with butter raised my sugar by 14 points. 🤷🏻‍♀️ it was the only thing i ate.

I sure love chia seed pudding! Done carefully with what is added of course.

Always great informative content.

God bless you

It would be interesting for Mr Pollock (or Dr Westman, for that matter) to read Sally K Norton's work on Toxic Superfoods, which warns of the bad effects of plant oxalates in some leafy greens (spinach, chard, beet greens among the worst) and see if this alters his recommendations.

Thanks for another good video!!

I like your videos but I follow Dr. Westman's "page 4" recomendations. If you have not watched what is known as "The White Coat Video" I suggest you look it up. I have much respect for Dr. Westman. Because of following his advice my health has improved greatly.

Think Fast!

Another great video! It seems Dr Westman is following Dr Atkins plan for the most part. Dr Atkins had different phases. I agree with you, using your glucose meter is very powerful, the most important tool we have!

yes, mike the glucometer is the bestfriend of any diabetic to reverse diabetes; Mike gives necessary advice on foods you take or want to take....

The trouble with too much aged cheese are the histamines. For some people it will cause congestion & sinus problems. It would be a good idea to check out what other foods contain histamines.

Great information, thank you Brother.Dennis. God bless youn& your lovely.wife ❤

I made pizza bites for dinner. Baked pepperoni slices with pizza sauce and cream cheese and ate with raw green pepper. Delicious! Your approach is better. Most of us would like to put diabetes into remission…

Dennis great video keep up the good work

Nice shirt, great video.

Any thoughts on zevia?

I watch Dr Westman’s channel from time to time. His main goal is weight loss.

I have an alternative take on things... 1 gram of sugar, depending on your height and body size, will raise your blood sugar level by 2 to 5 mg / dl... So... A 6 foot tall guy would have a blood sugar level rise of 2 and a little woman would be 5. (I found I am a 3...) So if I eat 30 G of carbs, because right now I'm insulin resistant, I find blood sugar meter reading level will rise a hundred points... (IE if it starts out at a blood sugar reading of 115 eating 30 G of carbs will raise it to 215...) I'm told "barely healthy enough is 180 or less and that over 400 may require a doctors visit... I am slowly losing my weight and insulin resistance so that now 30 G might only raise 60 or 70 points... I made the mistake of thinking that 1 G of sugar will raise blood sugar level by only 1 point... So I "fell off the carb wagon" thinking I was okay... When I really wasn't... Eating 150 G of carbs is going to add (for me) 450 mg/dl of sugar to my blood stream... I have found out, the hard way, that my "high end" amount of blood sugar level will taper off quick enough, but below 180 my body will only shed about 5 points per hour... This is were intermittent fasting works, at least for me... For a while I thought I was safe eating 100g of carbs a day, maybe I was... When I really am at a level of only 30g or less... Sugar free pudding has a crab count of 6G... I'd have thought it was okay to eat 12 of em... Nope... 4 would give me 24G of carbs... So I would think.. Okay... I can eat a quarter pounder and a small fry and drink water, when in reality, I can safely barely eat only a one half bun burger and NO FRIES... So what I do now... I take a carb smart bun that has a net count of 4g (as opposed to the original 40+ g bun...) and replace the wendy's, mcdonald's, or sonic burger bun; and I eat no fries, will drink water or diet soda, and bring some pork rinds or beyond chips as a fry replacement... Recommending 150G of carbs to a sedentary recently overcome insulant resistant is kind of dumb and dangerous. Once your "fixed" you should try and stay under 50g a day; preferably 30g ... Hope this helps for a new video idea or someone reading this. Before I "fell of the wagon" I was a safe 170LB. I ballooned up to 220LB and managed to get some form of edema and was walking like a freakin penguin. Right now, in less than 3 weeks time, I'm back down to 189!!!!!!!! Coming back from the dead... Again...

I found out that in order to get the nutrients of the seeds they need to be ground or they just pass right through you.

All the snack lunch meats mentioned salami, Turkey and a couple of other lunch meats may be diabetic friendly but also contain nitrates which can be cancer causing

Dennis, Dr Westman addresses time restricted eating on page 183. Instead of addressing it as a set time of not eating (fasting) he emphasized eating when hungry only. By definition if you follow this one simple rule AND KEEP CARBS UNDER 20 you will naturally follow time restricted eating. It happened to me and I’m happy under 20 so I only get hungry twice a day, approximately 10 am and 2 pm. When you add carbs like your eating plan, I think consciously restricting becomes part of the equation. You also let Mike make your food selections, his book is designed to keep it very simple and available to a larger audience, many non diabetics do not want to stick their fingers. His book is a great primer for very sick people who are sick and tired of being sick and tired and the case histories are encouraging. Your chia seeds are very high in oxalates for those like me who are oxalate poisoned, I am still dumping crystals from all the spinach, almonds, beans and seeds I consumed as a paleo plant based dieter. I needed to swing more carnivore to recover. I love your channel, thank you for teaching me how to use a glucometer!!

Hard boiled egg. Celery and mayo

I've enjoyed many keto recipes but can't keep it up very well when eating in a restaurant. I'm too tempted, but enjoy it too much to give it up

What about wild rice. On our reservation we eat it every season. I guess eat it and check with meter mike.

Excellent super cool nice ❤💝✅.

Thanks for all your work in educating folks. I’ve been experimenting with plant based recipes and notice they love to include dates. I suspect dates are a disaster for blood sugar. Please consider doing one of your tests with dates in things like salad dressings or even just eating them plain.

Dennis. I noticed your episode showing that some sweetners that actually raise blood sugar. Can diets sodas also have the same negative effect?

Lowering carb intake is first and primary step to lower blood sugar and become healthier. Carb is not an essential macro-nutrient. However, what happens when we eat more calories than we need. Excess calories from any sources (fat, protein and carb alike) converts to fat. Once the fat cells (adipocytes) of the body is full, it spills into blood as Triglycerides and all sorts of metabolic diseases including diabetes appears.

Seed oils are garbage, I don’t eat garbage.

how to keep cholestrol low while following your tips?

Thank you sir for this informative and challenging video.i am new to your channel. Being an igbo man from Nigeria,our foods are generally high carbs. Do you have any recipes or foods that are available in our clime that fit your teaching. Thank you so much.

What is your advice for.someone have stroke & diagnose T2D & reverse by going low carb & next month is my blood test & visit but I did my home A1C 5.5.I like sugar free food .I got your book ,Dr Bernstein.&etc got Mr.Meter too.

Kudos great information the doctors list of foods would be good for me if the items didn’t contain a lot of sodium. Since I also have issues with high blood pressure and being salt sensitive. I have given up a lot of foods that you suggest like white rice/ potatoes and my numbers have come down.

How do you and Benedicta use ground flaxseed and chia seeds? Do you have a video on these seeds?

Sadly Chia seeds make me spike quite a bit. I focus on cauliflower rice as the best alternative.

I have been listening to dr McDougall who say we are starchavoirs and I certainly done understand where he is coming from. I don't know if he uses insulin or not but for a type 2 diabetic starchy foods does not work for me. 2 mushrooms, some repani,a few slices of onion, a sweet potatoe less than 50 grams sends my sugar to 12 very high. I just don't understand this dr

Thanks Dennis! I had kept trying pretzels, 😪 but time after time. That wasn't a good idea! Of course eating half the bag doesn't help either. But before, pretzels had seem so innocent to me. Still like just eating bread though right?!

Does he say why regarding net carbs?

That doctors plan sounds a lot like Atkins original plan

Diet Soda? Never thought that would be included.

Can we take jowar sir instead of rice please🙏

What about tomatoes?

Walking for 45 post meals is a game changer

Keto with Casey is his helper that has a RU-vid channel she talks about him often and she goes on talks with but she is strictly phase one after 7 years she's not a diabetic but she was over 98 lbs overweight and she was pre diabetic so she says she never cheats

I did an aerobic workout and lost 4 lbs. still need to loose more. Halloween is an evil holiday I'm going to walk at least three miles or do an hour aerobic work out. And try not to eat anything bad for me today. I grew up with Iced tea. Sun tea. NEVER put sugar in it. Was not considered diet what has happened to this country?

I’m trying to eat better.

Is Indian basmati rice that's been aged 2 years as bad as domestic US white rice?

Sir if you have any Type 1 suggestion please guide me my 13 year old son is recently diagnosed with T1D , can we expect islet cell transmission or VX 880 soon 🙏 i can spend any amount if he can be cured from this anywhere in world please guide will be greatfull so far his sugar levels are maintained and AIC is 6.8 which was 13.1 approx 40 days before

Can't believe that ANY DOCTOR in this day and age would recommend diet soda for ANYONE.

If my A1C is 8.0....and my fasting glucose number is 240.......how fast would I at least see a change in my morning fasting glucose if I started eating the way that you teach?? Please help 🥺🥺

Do you have to do full on keto or will low carb with a generous amount of low carb veggies also give you positive results?

Diet soda is horrible for you.