Posted on 11/16/2019 7:00:34 PM PST by ConservativeMind
A body of research putting people with Type 2 diabetes on a low calorie diet has confirmed the underlying causes of the condition and established that it is reversible.
Get rid of the fat and reverse Type 2 diabetes
The body of research by Professor Roy Taylor now confirms his Twin Cycle Hypothesis -- that Type 2 diabetes is caused by excess fat actually within both liver and pancreas.
This causes the liver to respond poorly to insulin. As insulin controls the normal process of making glucose, the liver then produces too much glucose. Simultaneously, excess fat in the liver increases the normal process of export of fat to all tissues. In the pancreas, this excess fat causes the insulin producing cells to fail.
The Counterpoint study which was published in 2011, confirmed that if excess food intake was sharply decreased through a very low calorie diet, all these abnormal factors would be reversed.
The study showed a profound fall in liver fat content resulting in normalisation of hepatic insulin sensitivity within 7 days of starting a very low calorie diet in people with type 2 diabetes. Fasting plasma glucose became normal in 7 days. Over 8 weeks, the raised pancreas fat content fell and normal first phase insulin secretion became re-established, with normal plasma glucose control.
Keep the weight off and keep the diabetes at bay
"The good news for people with Type 2 diabetes is that our work shows that even if you have had the condition for 10 years, you are likely to be able to reverse it by moving that all important tiny amount of fat out of the pancreas. At present, this can only be done through substantial weight loss," Professor Taylor adds.
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I think many doctors know it works, but in my experience they are a victim of their training-- they see "Patient Noncompliance" and dismiss it. Their statistics tell them that >99% of their patients will not stay on a restricted calorie diet long enough to lose sufficient abdominal fat to reverse their condition, so they do not consider it a reasonable treatment option, so it never gets mentioned to patients and is soon forgotten or tucked away as some novelty.
I had type 2. It motivated me to lose weight. So far I have lost 70 pounds and cured my diabetes. I have much more to go as I am not comfortable living this close to the edge.
I just cannot understand why some people just ignore a curable condition like this. For me, being diagnosed was a life changing event
Thanks for saying that about a plant based diet. I am working towards that way of eating. My A1C last week was back down to a pre-diabetic range and surprised the doctors. One nurse practitioner saw that result and didn’t know I had ever been in the diabetes range. I’ll keep doing what made that improvement.
How long were you diabetic before you lost the weight? and how long were the rest of you diabetic before you lost the weight and the diabetic numbers changed?
Just wondering as my husband’s doctor says once you have been diabetic long enough (he has type 2) you can’t change that and I do not believe it...
If you have type 2 diabetes, you’re craving carbs and eating too many of them. Not your fault. You have curated a garden of gut bug varieties that crave those carbs.
First, eat protein and veggies only. Starve those bad gut bugs so they die out. your cravings will be the worst the first 4-5 days. Eat cooked greens with bacon, steak, juicy burgers with no buns, pastrami with pickles (no bread!), when you crave donuts or bready stuff. After 4 or 5 days, the cravings should be very diminished. Don’t eat any dessert or fruit for months until you’ve lost the weight and your blood sugars are normal.
Then continue to eat low carb but add in cooked root veggies and maybe 1/2 c fruit a day. No more desserts and sweets ever - you’re too sensitive to growing the. Bad gut bugs and then you become their slave. The good ones crave veggies and potatoes, so you can live well and long on them.
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Your equation is myopically-incomplete. Swiss cheese, in fact.
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I may never comment on health at FR again, the ignorance & closed-mindedness here is so thick.
Is it your mission to push this psychotic ‘dieting’ nonsense to a new level of insanity by suggesting anything resembling “crash dieting” is safe or healthy?
WTF is wrong with people? With you? The article is bad enough by suggesting “it’s Ok to wait 10 years”, but damage wrought on the body over a period of years CANNOT be reversed in mere days.
The assertion is moronic, reckless and incredibly myopic. I’ve seen your posts: If you’re desperately seeking some magical solution to a persistent problem, perhaps we should chat.
But you really need to get a grip on this ‘dieting’ nonsense. “Crash diet for a week”??? GMAFB.
Rant over.
How long were you diabetic before you lost the weight? and how long were the rest of you diabetic before you lost the weight and the diabetic numbers changed?
Don’t mind at all. I had read that the fasting by itself sufficed. Didn’t do Keto. Keto wasn’t a thing yet.
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The dietitian/nutrition/medical model for diabetes is deeply broken. Person, after person reports success using Keto and the response is.... The response is silence.
My BIL died from diabetes, and saw several dietitian/nutrition/medical staff as he was coached to eat carbs and avoid fat. My wife now says: DOCTOR’S ADVICE KILLED MY BROTHER.
The tendency toward diabetes can be inherited.
I was diagnosed at the same age as my dad was.
Ditto my dad’s sister...
Right now, Metformin does it for me.
A1c is 5-8 to 6.3.
I’ve never been fat.
“My wife now says: DOCTOR’S ADVICE KILLED MY BROTHER.”
Sorry to hear that. He may have died anyway, if he wasn’t able to keep to Keto, but he never even had the chance to try it. There are some recent studies on low-carb (not necessarily Keto) that say people have trouble sustaining it.
Well, that’s all good and fine for people who are just trying to lose weight, but otherwise are healthy, or at least think they’re healthy. But dealing with the medications, and then the complications of diabetes has a way of getting people to better focus and better understand the implications of eating that delicious cherry pie.
I don’t know of any studies on the Keto diet where one group of diabetics is told to listen to the ‘usual people’ and continue to eat ‘healthy carbs’ (whatever they are), while the other group is told that they will likely reverse and never have to deal with meds again, not to mention complications - as long as they stay in Ketosis. Something tells me the results will be a bit different than the group simply trying to lose weight.
And don’t be surprised if those studies never happen, and the reason doesn’t even have to be the usual conspirators. It could be medical ethics that prevent it - as the result will likely be a huge difference in the group which gets (and stays) healthy and the group which gets sicker and sicker and starts dying.
In other words, the medical profession is somewhat trapped by their own rules, even if they wanted to break loose of the corporate/government/animal rights groups which control them.
Absolutely... You’ve got little to lose and a LOT to gain with a change in diet. Try Keto for 6 months and see if you can reverse the diabetes. You don’t have to eat a caloric deficit as you aren’t fat.
Great news about your health. Keep up the great work. I started a couple of years back due to poor digestion and being overweight. I reduced my cholesterol levels from 203 to 160, raised my HDL levels, deleted 50 pounds of fat and able to jog/walk 4 miles 5 times a week.
Another benefit of eating this way, it is actually more economical.
Happiness and health to you. :)
15% of type-2 diabetics are misdiagnosed...they are actually type-1...requires a different line of treatment.
“15% of type-2 diabetics are misdiagnosed...they are actually type-1...requires a different line of treatment.”
Haven’t heard that, but wouldn’t surprise me. And I agree, if Type 1, no choice but Insulin.
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