Hi ,
Glad there is someone else "new" here. I am too. I gather lchf stands for low carbs high fat ??
Sometimes pays to be specific. Wish the f'n doctors would learn that since all they did was to tell me "adjust" my lifestyle. Believe me , I would be dead if I had not already been a practicing naturopath for 15 years. I still needed to search and intensly validate the effectiveness of many hundreds of types of food herbs , supplement "cures". You need to think along the lines of energy storage and waste processes. The diabetes- contrary to medicines best teaching is only secondary to finding the symptoms causes remedies and alleviating them. I know some great diets but basically your cells which are the result of dna rna replication with a byproduct of rna being glycoproteins. ASstounding info , don't you think? I found the dna rna process described at this web http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120821.html site. The glycoprotein info came from a book about medicines history. You can not get much lower on the scale so I don't think anything you eat is going to change the process. dna-rna in glyco-protein out! Food is basically three things carbohydrate ( notice the hydrate -think water) proteins (structure) (mass) and sugars (glyco_x ) some fuel to BURN. That is all foods or energy you get CONSUMING. Like steam loco-motives, burn proteins with sugars water drives the wheels! Simple, so what the f"$#/?? should diabetics eat?
I will write a book -diabetes shopping list. Try grapefruit -prevent infestation of the fungus I have if you fear such a fate. Teas to balance or stabilize is better alternative your blood glucose , cinnamon , moringa, licorice root and Watermelon rind. I use dried real stuff. Very small amount of pills for excess growths. Thanks for hearing me out!

Noticed something important. You are published in the type I diabetes and it says so more than once. Your message says type II diabetic menu suggested by a friend? May make a difference in what you should eat / consume for diet? I am type II so I concentrate on cells resistance to processing that / those hormone(s).insulin.

to be sure, see a doctor first be for you adopt your friends dietary program.

i think its proper to ask a doctor first.

Strange that I saw this post in the T2DM Alternatives forum...

When I initially got my T2 under control I started with Paleo and LCHF...

It definitely works however you have to be really really careful that you're eating a wide variety of foods...

The typical eat coconut oil idea doesn't always work with 100% of people - you might be the small 2-10% group that can't handle coconut or eating high amounts of fat...

There can be side effects of high fat and effects on your gut health from it...

Huge amounts of fat especially oil can worsen your gut health and your heart health...

Eventually I moved away from straight Paleo or LCHF... because of the impact on my gut health...

You'll want to stick to nuts and seeds if possible... there's a good guide on what to eat at diabetesmasteryblueprint dot com that helped me in the past... the diabetic who wrote it talks a lot about these "super good" carbs which 90% of people just don't eat even though it's cheap and readily available...

I also discovered that FODMAPs or even healthy foods with FODMAPs or fructooligosaccharides can really give you gut problems while on LCHF or Paleo if you're not careful...

A good starting list of foods to avoid can be found here: stanfordhealthcare.org/content/dam/SHC/for-patients-component/programs-services/clinical-nutrition-services/docs/pdf-lowfodmapdiet.pdf

You just don't need that much meat really... and there are actually "good" carbs and starch that you can eat that doesn't spike your blood Sugar at all...

You just have to avoid the easy or white carb stuff like wheat, rice and potatoes...

Just to say, you can ask your doctor for advice about changing your diet however many doctors are typically pretty clueless about LCHF in general and their recommendations often mirror the really flawed ADA guidelines...

It's generally pretty safe to do LCHF all on your own even if you don't ask your doctor as long as you're eating around 30-50 carbs minimum per day... any lower than that and you're going to be pushing your body to the limit...

At that point you might be trying to go keto which is pretty tough usually...

If you're eating "good carbs", those don't count to the limit... if you're following something like that in Diabetes Mastery Blueprint for example...