Posted on 11/19/2017 11:55:58 AM PST by ConservativeMind
In a new study, a Yale-led research team uncovers how a very low calorie diet can rapidly reverse type 2 diabetes in animal models.
The research team investigated the effects of a very low calorie diet (VLCD), consisting of one-quarter the normal intake, on a rodent model of type 2 diabetes.
Using this approach the researchers pinpointed three major mechanisms responsible for the VLCD's dramatic effect of rapidly lowering blood glucose concentrations in the diabetic animals. In the liver, the VLCD lowers glucose production by: 1) decreasing the conversion of lactate and amino acids into glucose; 2) decreasing the rate of liver glycogen conversion to glucose; and 3) decreasing fat content, which in turn improves the liver's response to insulin. These positive effects of the VLCD were observed in just three days.
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I can echo support for the Ketogenic diet. I was pre-diabetic (6.2 A1C) and had cholesterol issues. >200 total cholesterol and LDL over 100. I went on a vegetarian ketogenic (a.k.a. low carb) diet.
A1C is now 5.0. My cholesterol is 140 and LDL is less than 70. It took three months to reverse. I also walk 10k - 15k steps per day. If you have an iPhone, you have a pedometer in the Health app.
Marked for Reading...A1c Alert LOL
It’s not official science yet, but they appear to have type ii figured out. It’s caused by interrupting the fat storage cycle by consuming fast carbs through snacking. This leads to fat blockages in cells limiting insulin absorption. The solution to the problem is weight loss and not spiking blood sugar through snacking, this causes the fat blockages to dissipate. Low carb diets are quite good in this reguard.
Ok, I am 72 and take 1200 MHz of Metiformin
Name Brand Metformin-UHF
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I’ve read the same. I eat low carb vegetarian. I am obese by BMI standards and have A1C of 5.5 and Cholesterol is 140. Ketogenic diets - meat or vegetarian - work.
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