Posted on 06/24/2011 12:25:31 AM PDT by Mount Athos
Seems like a violation of Le Chatelier’s principle. The claim is that a reduction in a stress ( blood sugar ) will stimulate a response appropriate to its increase ( more insulin ). Not saying this is impossible, just puzzling.
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My wife is type 2 and this is very interesting indeed.
I began a vegan diet with no added salt or sugar and focused on whole, fresh foods. I was off my diabetes meds within a month and my blood sugars are in the normal range still three months later. I don’t really worry about calories...although have been slowly losing my extra pounds.
Type II diabetes is where you have plenty of insulin but the cell receptors for the insulin dont work. The drugs you take for Type II are not insulins but those to get those receptors working.
To say that this fad diet works by getting your pancreas to start pumping insulin is so stupid I laughed in my oatmeal.
Beta cell function declines in T2DM. The prevailing theory is that they simply burn out after years of overproduction due to insulin resistance of cells. Unless this diet can regrow beta cells the article is complete garbage.
That’s how type II starts, as it progresses the pancreas stops producing insulin.
600 calories a day
Maybe it’ll reverse the diabetes, maybe it won’t. But it’ll certainly damage your heart.
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Just about anyone with Type II knows that when you diet and lose weight your blood sugar goes down and energy goes up.
To me this is study akin to “Breathing repeatedly found necessary for healthy living”.
Exactly. Did you happen to glance at the actual article? 9 patients were studied. C peptides were tested before so it was known that all patients had functioning beta cells. Statins were continued. Oh, and length of their t2dm diagnosis was 4 years or less. Patients in this category typically have more than 50% beta cell function remaining, which is why metformin works first line for type 2 and isnt used in type 1 where there is no beta cell function. Basically what this article shows is if you are a newly diagnosed T2 that losing weight and reducing fat intake will help control your disease progression. Next thing you know they’ll be telling us smoking is bad for you.
“Next thing you know they’ll be telling us smoking is bad for you.”
Having followed Freerepublic for years, it seems the majority opinion is that smoking will cure diabetes, democrapia, Alzheimer’s and sexting.
If you do not subscribe to smoking is good for you, then expect vicious attacks.
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The BBC article on same with maybe a bit more info: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-13887909
You can download a PDF of the full Diabetologia article here
'Health' reporters don't seem to know that most carbohydrates (especially those highly touted starches) turn into sugar quickly inside our bodies.
Here is a timely article from a heart disease related blog but it applies equally well to diabetes...
http://www.trackyourplaque.com/blog/2011/06/bread-equals-sugar.html
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