Dr. Ian Lake is a GP in the UK. Having Type 1 Diabetes himself, he adopted a ketogenic lifestyle 7 years ago, which he feels positively transformed his daily diabetes control to near non-diabetes levels. He runs a website dedicated to providing information about ketogenic lifestyles in Type 1 diabetes and this month is launching a comprehensive course for healthcare professionals.

He self-experiments on ketogenic diets in type 1 diabetes and in 2019 he completed a 5-week solo and unsupported run covering over 700 miles on just 9% carbohydrate. In 2020 he took it to a whole new level by organising the zerofive100 project, a 100-mile team run over five days fully fasted with zero calories.

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Nutritional ketosis is well-tolerated, even in type 1 diabetes: the ZeroFive100 Project; a proof-of-concept study

https://journals.lww.com/co-endocrinology/Fulltext/2021/10000/Nutritional_ketosis_is_well_tolerated,_even_in.6.aspx

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“I always thought I could outrun it”

“I have absolutely nothing to lose.”

“It’s downhill all the way from here.”

“The realisation that you can manage your type 1 diabetes very, very well indeed with something simple like a diet has sustained me through the past 7 years.”

“People who are on a keto diet have 6 times fewer hypos.”

“Getting it wrong on a high insulin regimen is much more serious than getting it wrong on a low insulin regimen which is keto.”

“93% of people go into a clinic and the general advice is for high carb diets.”

“19% of doctors said they don’t recommend a keto diet because it is unsustainable or bland, where’s the science in that?”

“You can eat anything but whether you should be eating anything or everything is a different matter.”

“60% of people have done this alone with any help from any clinician at all.”

“Diabetic Ketoacidosis can happen in any person with diabetes if you get ill enough but as a result of the diet itself.”

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