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<blockquote data-quote="catinahat" data-source="post: 2660080" data-attributes="member: 155453"><p>It's quite a common idea that for some reason we need to eat regularly through the day. When I was first diagnosed the nurse advised three meals a day with snacks in-between.</p><p>Now I know more about what T2 is, I realise just how poor that advice was.</p><p>Every time we eat our pancreas produces insulin to deal with the carbohydrates in our meal.</p><p>The insulin has become less efficient at removing the glucose, because our bodies are resisting it. Our blood sugar levels remain higher than they should, so the pancreas is forced to produce even more insulin.</p><p>Eating 3 meals plus snacks virtually guarantees that before our overworked pancreas has managed to produce enough insulin to get the job done, we are sending it more food to deal with. The poor pancreas spends all day working it's socks off trying to keep up with the regular supply of food. Hardly surprising that it eventually gives up .</p><p>Not eating means it can take a break, we can use up our glucose stores and maybe burn a little fat. As our glucose levels drop so does our insulin levels, less insulin swishing around gives us a good chance of improving our insulin resistance, or at least not making it worse.</p><p>Many of us have one or two meals a day, it's a very effective way of controlling blood sugar.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="catinahat, post: 2660080, member: 155453"] It's quite a common idea that for some reason we need to eat regularly through the day. When I was first diagnosed the nurse advised three meals a day with snacks in-between. Now I know more about what T2 is, I realise just how poor that advice was. Every time we eat our pancreas produces insulin to deal with the carbohydrates in our meal. The insulin has become less efficient at removing the glucose, because our bodies are resisting it. Our blood sugar levels remain higher than they should, so the pancreas is forced to produce even more insulin. Eating 3 meals plus snacks virtually guarantees that before our overworked pancreas has managed to produce enough insulin to get the job done, we are sending it more food to deal with. The poor pancreas spends all day working it's socks off trying to keep up with the regular supply of food. Hardly surprising that it eventually gives up . Not eating means it can take a break, we can use up our glucose stores and maybe burn a little fat. As our glucose levels drop so does our insulin levels, less insulin swishing around gives us a good chance of improving our insulin resistance, or at least not making it worse. Many of us have one or two meals a day, it's a very effective way of controlling blood sugar. [/QUOTE]
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