Sherri Shepherd gave up sugar and started to embrace the tenets of the keto diet a year ago. Now, she’s announced that the diet regimen has had some great effects on her diabetes, which she’s been living with since 2007. Click through the gallery for all the info.
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On Instagram, the 52-year-old explained that her blood pressure and blood sugar numbers are much lower than they were before she switched up her diet.
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“The doctor excitedly said ‘OHMYGOD what did you do? You’re not even prediabetic!’” she wrote.
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“I know these numbers are because I have been off #sugar since March 2018,” she explained.
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“When my son Jeffrey asked ‘Mommy if you die who’s going to be my bodyguard’ I knew I had to make lifestyle changes or I would die,” the former The View host said of her 14-year-old son.
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“I feel so good right now I could scream. Just want to encourage you that this can be done,” she wrote.
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What do you think of Sherri’s announcement? Sound off in the comments!
On Instagram, the 52-year-old explained that her blood pressure and blood sugar numbers are much lower than they were before she switched up her diet.
“The doctor excitedly said ‘OHMYGOD what did you do? You’re not even prediabetic!’” she wrote.
“I know these numbers are because I have been off #sugar since March 2018,” she explained.
“When my son Jeffrey asked ‘Mommy if you die who’s going to be my bodyguard’ I knew I had to make lifestyle changes or I would die,” the former The View host said of her 14-year-old son.
“I feel so good right now I could scream. Just want to encourage you that this can be done,” she wrote.
What do you think of Sherri’s announcement? Sound off in the comments!