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1 posted on 06/24/2011 12:25:36 AM PDT by Mount Athos
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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.


2 posted on 06/24/2011 12:33:31 AM PDT by dr_lew
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3 posted on 06/24/2011 12:38:29 AM PDT by BreitbartSentMe (ATLAS SHRUGGED was supposed to be a warning, NOT a newspaper.)
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To: Mount Athos

My wife is type 2 and this is very interesting indeed.


4 posted on 06/24/2011 1:12:29 AM PDT by BornToBeAmerican (Kindness will conquer evil)
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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.


5 posted on 06/24/2011 1:52:11 AM PDT by Wpin ("I Have Sworn Upon the Altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny...")
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This is a big stinking pile of hooey.

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.

6 posted on 06/24/2011 3:30:55 AM PDT by corkoman (Steadfast and Loyal)
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600 calories a day

Maybe it’ll reverse the diabetes, maybe it won’t. But it’ll certainly damage your heart.


9 posted on 06/24/2011 4:46:09 AM PDT by kidd
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10 posted on 06/24/2011 4:47:13 AM PDT by Rumplemeyer
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11 posted on 06/24/2011 4:51:49 AM PDT by call meVeronica
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15 posted on 06/24/2011 6:04:04 AM PDT by decimon
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kansas doctor cures diabetes

18 posted on 06/24/2011 6:16:24 AM PDT by Future Useless Eater (Chicago politics = corrupted capitalism = takeover by COMMUNity-ISM)
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21 posted on 06/24/2011 6:53:50 AM PDT by Future Useless Eater (Chicago politics = corrupted capitalism = takeover by COMMUNity-ISM)
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Both my cardiologist and primary have told me to lose 30 lbs. If I do, I “could” be off my medications (well...I’ll still need the thorazine ;0]). Milkshakes and salads... its worth a shot.


27 posted on 06/24/2011 7:39:42 AM PDT by Mashood
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Who profits when people become diabetic?
28 posted on 06/24/2011 7:51:15 AM PDT by Darnright (There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive. - Tacitus)
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This is just the latest iteration of "nothing new." Hunter gatherers only rarely get type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). The map below shows two concentrations of Pima Indians, one in the US and one in Mexico. Same genes, different diets and different levels of obesity. US population has >90% T2DM in those over 60 years, the Mexican Pimas <10%.

Read more here, and google it too. A poster above was laughing at this since he mistakenly thought that insulin resistance is not affected by diet or weight status, but for the great majority of T2DMs, it is the overweight/obesity that increases their requirements for insulin. Indeed, about 25% of T2DM patients get insulin by injection to override the resistance when the other drugs cease working well.

31 posted on 06/24/2011 8:19:10 AM PDT by Pharmboy (What always made the state a hell has been that man tried to make it heaven-Hoelderlin)
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The breakthrough is good news for the nearly 2.5 million people in Britain who have this type of diabetes, which is caused by the pancreas not producing enough insulin to break down glucose in the blood.

Sorry...that's far too narrow a definition of Type II diabetes.

My body produces more than enough insulin. The problem is at the cellular level where the insulin is not able to "unlock" the cell to gain entry so the cell can utilize the sugar in the blood stream and convert to energy.

Medicines like metformin and the glitizones can help the body use the insulin normally to eliminate the excess sugar in the blood stream.

A lower calorie diet will surely help but only when combined with regular exercise will these medications work at peak efficacy and in best case eventually not be needed.

41 posted on 06/24/2011 9:03:44 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (If you think it's time to bury your weapons.....it's time to dig them up.)
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Five years ago I was 60 pounds heavier, ate/drank whatever I felt like that wasn’t high in sugar, was sedentary, smoked a pack a day and had to take Metformin to control my blood sugar.

Then one day I experienced chest pains, which turned out to be heart disease. Four clogged arteries, two of which got stents.

I quit smoking, drastically changed my diet (low fat, low salt, low cholesterol, low sugar, whole grains, fruit, vegetables, nuts, ultra-lean meats), took up exercise, lost 60 pounds, and now my A1C is almost always in the low 5’s (5.1 - 5.3), and I am not on Metformin.

My doc says that I have a history of diabetes, though I am not currently diabetic.


45 posted on 06/24/2011 9:19:13 AM PDT by Monitor ("The urge to save humanity is almost always a false-front for the urge to rule it." - H. L. Mencken)
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This is interesting - what do you think? Good science?


77 posted on 06/24/2011 4:39:52 PM PDT by GOPJ (1 in 19 collect SS disability- http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2650736/posts?page=131#131)
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Good for all the rest of you. I already have a BMI of 18.8, so cutting calories is not going to help.


78 posted on 06/24/2011 8:19:04 PM PDT by ottbmare (off-the-track Thoroughbred mare)
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I’ve gone from being misdiagnosed as type 1 in the hospital about 3 months ago, having a reading above 747 and a a1c of 13.5 “was 169 pounds 5’7 “ from day one I avoided there diet of to many carbs per day i kept it under 150 carbs for weight loss and slowly got a bit better then i lowered it to the under 50 carbs for fat burning and got a bit better readings currently i’m on the 600 cal a day diet under 50 carbs a day and only 2 meals a day no snacks with a good 24 hour fast once a week to break through the liver dumping effect/weight loss wall that happens when your body gets used to higher numbers it also lowers over all readings and repairs the body. currently my morning reading sits at 81 and after meal readings return to low 80’s fast i’m on nothing but supplements and currently 147 pounds. I will try this for the full 2 months to cut the organ fat down.


83 posted on 06/16/2012 3:17:23 PM PDT by Jace2012
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Also, stop eating ALL white rice.


85 posted on 06/16/2012 3:42:44 PM PDT by GOPJ (The doting court eunuchs of the MSM fail to notice...)
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