Stay Off My Operating Table

#194: From 'Hopeless' to Healthy: How Roxana Soetebeer Reversed Type 2 Diabetes


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Roxana Soetebeer, once considered a "hopeless" type 2 diabetic on 50 units of insulin, completely reversed her condition through a ketogenic diet, demonstrating that type 2 diabetes is not the "chronic progressive disease" her doctors claimed it to be.


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When Roxana's blood sugar levels dangerously spiked to the 400s, her desperate late-night call to a friend led to a life-changing recommendation to watch Dr. Stephen Phinney's lecture on the ketogenic diet – a coincidence that completely transformed her health trajectory and sparked her mission to help others.


EPISODE SUMMARY

Roxana Soetebeer shares her remarkable journey from severe type 2 diabetes to complete remission. After being told her condition was "chronic and progressive," Roxana found herself with dangerously high blood sugar levels around 400. In a desperate moment, a friend recommended she watch Dr. Stephen Phinney's lecture on the ketogenic diet. Within days of starting keto, Roxana saw dramatic improvements. She cut her insulin dose in half immediately and eventually eliminated it completely. Beyond diabetes reversal, her kidney disease, fatty liver disease (NASH), and acid reflux resolved as well. Roxana discusses her struggle with sugar addiction, comparing it to other substance addictions and explaining why "moderation" fails for true addicts. Now a certified Metabolic Health Practitioner, she runs a Facebook group with over 20,000 members and advocates for others. Her story challenges the conventional medical approach that treats metabolic conditions as inevitable, progressive diseases requiring lifelong medication.


NOTABLE QUOTE

"If you had asked me six years ago if I would be getting better or healthier or would get off insulin, I would have said no way, I tried everything... And when you try everything, at some point you lose hope."


Roxana Soetebeer Contact Info
Twitter: https://x.com/REV_Insulin_Res
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/roxana.soetebeer.mhp/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/reversinginsulinresistance
Website: https://www.reversing-insulin-resistance.com/
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