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Just want to share my story with others who are type 2 diabetics. On 12/31/2018 I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes with A1C 7.5 with Total cholesterol 285 and LDL over 200+
My doctor gave me 3 months to make lifestyle adjustment before he wanted to start the medication. I did the research and made the adjustment, started working out and after 3 months my A1C came back 5.3, total cholesterol 178 and LDL 104.
I prepared a full video with Q & A from other people who wanted to know what and how I did. https://youtu.be/I1bwJMvOYl0
My purpose for this video is not to promote anything just to share my story and my journey.
I never had diabetes but I am interested in the subject, because I think people are dangerously misinformed. I didn't have time yet to watch your whole video, but I can guess what its message is and I agree with it.
Just today I had a conversation on this subject with one of my neighbors. I saw her in the grocery store which is a 5 minute walk from where we live. She told me she had driven her car, because she is not used to walking. She told me her doctor keeps telling her to exercise. She told me she has high blood pressure and diabetes.
I had a similar conversation 2 days earlier with another neighbor. Maybe their doctors tell them to exercise, but maybe their doctors do NOT tell them that drugs are not the answer. So they think they can get by with the drugs, until someday maybe they get motivated to exercise.
I live in a senior community and I would bet most of the people here are just like those 2 neighbors I talked to about diabetes. Any many of them will soon be seriously disabled, mentally and physically. And they don't seem to know or care enough to put in a little effort. Like walking 5 minutes to the grocery store instead of driving.
I always take issue with someone saying they've "reversed" their diabetes. If you were to eat an apple or banana right now, would you get a blood sugar spike? (assuming you aren't on insulin) If so, you are still diabetic, which would mean you've learned to control your diabetes, but you are still diabetic.
I was diagnosed as diabetic with an A1c of 6.-something, I can't remember. At the time, I weighed 124 pounds, which was my normal weight all my adult life. I now weigh 110 pounds. I keep my A1c around 6, which is good control, but I'm still diabetic and always will be. I haven't "reversed" anything; I control it.
Congrats! My AIC was in pre-diabetic range for about a year and it's now down to normal levels. Basically I followed my doc's instructions of dividing the carbs by the fiber and eating those things <5, and by testing my BS after eating various things.
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I always take issue with someone saying they've "reversed" their diabetes. If you were to eat an apple or banana right now, would you get a blood sugar spike? (assuming you aren't on insulin) If so, you are still diabetic, which would mean you've learned to control your diabetes, but you are still diabetic.
I was diagnosed as diabetic with an A1c of 6.-something, I can't remember. At the time, I weighed 124 pounds, which was my normal weight all my adult life. I now weigh 110 pounds. I keep my A1c around 6, which is good control, but I'm still diabetic and always will be. I haven't "reversed" anything; I control it.
Anyway, congrats on your control. Keep it up.
Did you change anything about your exercise? I suspect exercise is of central importance, and although it is recognized by MDs, it is not emphasized enough. Muscle cells not using enough of the glucose that comes along results in insulin resistance.
I never had diabetes but I am interested in the subject, because I think people are dangerously misinformed. I didn't have time yet to watch your whole video, but I can guess what its message is and I agree with it.
Just today I had a conversation on this subject with one of my neighbors. I saw her in the grocery store which is a 5 minute walk from where we live. She told me she had driven her car, because she is not used to walking. She told me her doctor keeps telling her to exercise. She told me she has high blood pressure and diabetes.
I had a similar conversation 2 days earlier with another neighbor. Maybe their doctors tell them to exercise, but maybe their doctors do NOT tell them that drugs are not the answer. So they think they can get by with the drugs, until someday maybe they get motivated to exercise.
I live in a senior community and I would bet most of the people here are just like those 2 neighbors I talked to about diabetes. Any many of them will soon be seriously disabled, mentally and physically. And they don't seem to know or care enough to put in a little effort. Like walking 5 minutes to the grocery store instead of driving.
How do they get the groceries home if they are doing the weekly shopping?
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Originally Posted by Good4Nothin
Did you change anything about your exercise? I suspect exercise is of central importance, and although it is recognized by MDs, it is not emphasized enough. Muscle cells not using enough of the glucose that comes along results in insulin resistance.
"While genetics, aging and ethnicity play roles in developing insulin sensitivity, the driving forces behind insulin resistance include excess body weight, too much belly fat, a lack of exercise, smoking, and even skimping on sleep."
"How You Can Prevent or Reverse Insulin Resistance
Losing weight, getting regular exercise and not skimping on sleep can all help improve your insulin sensitivity. Don’t rely on dieting or exercise alone: in one fascinating University of New Mexico School of Medicine study, published in the International Journal of Obesity, overweight people who lost 10% of their weight through diet plus exercise saw insulin sensitivity improve by an impressive 80%. Those who lost the same amount of weight through diet alone got a 38% increase. And those who simply got more exercise, but didn’t lose much weight, saw almost no shift in their level of insulin resistance."
Controlling obesity, rather than exercise alone, is the key.
"While genetics, aging and ethnicity play roles in developing insulin sensitivity, the driving forces behind insulin resistance include excess body weight, too much belly fat, a lack of exercise, smoking, and even skimping on sleep."
"How You Can Prevent or Reverse Insulin Resistance
Losing weight, getting regular exercise and not skimping on sleep can all help improve your insulin sensitivity. Don’t rely on dieting or exercise alone: in one fascinating University of New Mexico School of Medicine study, published in the International Journal of Obesity, overweight people who lost 10% of their weight through diet plus exercise saw insulin sensitivity improve by an impressive 80%. Those who lost the same amount of weight through diet alone got a 38% increase. And those who simply got more exercise, but didn’t lose much weight, saw almost no shift in their level of insulin resistance."
Controlling obesity, rather than exercise alone, is the key.
Thin people can get type 2 diabetes, so the cause is not obesity. Obesity is often the result of refined carbohydrates and lack of exercise. And refined carbohydrates and lack of exercise also cause diabetes.
Muscle cells become insulin resistant because insulin is transporting too much glucose into them. There is no way that obesity could be the cause of insulin resistance.
Congratulations! I'm a huge believer in prevention and managing conditions as much as possible through healthy living. I have a fasting glucose of 112. Very thin, very active (BMI 20, 1+ hours of cardio every day). No family history but there you are. I got my a1c from 6.0 to 5.5 by cutting way back on potatoes, rice, pasta, etc. and eating more beans, lentils, quinoa, etc. I'm hoping diet and exercise will continue to keep me from becoming a slave to Big Pharma.
Thin people can get type 2 diabetes, so the cause is not obesity. Obesity is often the result of refined carbohydrates and lack of exercise. And refined carbohydrates and lack of exercise also cause diabetes.
Muscle cells become insulin resistant because insulin is transporting too much glucose into them. There is no way that obesity could be the cause of insulin resistance.
"The moment when the organism stops reacting to the action of the insulin it is known as insulin resistance or, what is the same, a low insulin sensitivity. It is also known as hyperinsulinemia or insulin resistance.
It is an alteration that is produced in the fatty tissue which makes that insulin cannot carry out its function on it. Insulin produced in the pancreas does not work well, so the body does not react as it should do it. With its glycemia increasing, and the pancreas keeps increasing the need for more insulin.
In other words, the key (insulin) does not achieve to open the cells’ lock as before. This creates a vicious circle that when pancreas loses its capacity for secreting insulin, can lead to a pre-diabetes, type 2 diabetes or severe cardiovascular diseases."
Could you provide a source to support your theory, please?
Could you provide a source to support your theory, please?
Your theory doesn't make sense. How could obesity be the cause of type 2 diabetes if a lot of thin people also get it?
It is well known that insulin resistance results when too much glucose is being transported into cells by insulin. The cells eventually must protect themselves by becoming insulin resistant.
I'm sure you can easily find sources.
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