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<blockquote data-quote="Melgar" data-source="post: 2677697" data-attributes="member: 520626"><p>I'm assuming that the 'pre-diabetic' ranges we have in place across the globe are not just random figures plucked from the sky, they are there for a reason and that reason is higher than normal blood sugars will damage the body's vascular system. 'Raised' blood sugars damage the human body at a slower rate than if one's blood sugars are in the diabetic range, but those raised blood sugars are still slowly damaging blood vessels and nerves endings. They are out of the 'normal' healthy range. My Canadian private health insurance is paying for my strips and anything else diabetic related. And I would bet everything I own that they would not be paying out huge amounts of money for diabetic stuff if there is not a good reason to do so. These private health insurance companies are profit orientated - full stop. There are a number of reasonings and outcomes that have been clumped together under the diabetes type 2 definition - insulin resistance, obesity/over weight, sedentary lifestyle, unhealthy diets, visceral fats and genetics. All these factors put together are said to cause type 2 diabetes. Yet, if you have someone who does not have any of these factors, then do they even have a type 2 form of diabetes? Is there another diabetic category that better explains unhealthy blood sugars? Is it autoimmune or some other reason that doesn't fit the type 2 umbrella? How frustrating it is for someone to do everything right; have completely normal weight, good diet, active lifestyle, no insulin resistance, normal blood pressure and trigs and yet have blood sugars that are high enough to damage their bodies. I maybe completely over simplifying, but these are legitimate queries by people who don'tr fit the type 2 umbrella.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Melgar, post: 2677697, member: 520626"] I'm assuming that the 'pre-diabetic' ranges we have in place across the globe are not just random figures plucked from the sky, they are there for a reason and that reason is higher than normal blood sugars will damage the body's vascular system. 'Raised' blood sugars damage the human body at a slower rate than if one's blood sugars are in the diabetic range, but those raised blood sugars are still slowly damaging blood vessels and nerves endings. They are out of the 'normal' healthy range. My Canadian private health insurance is paying for my strips and anything else diabetic related. And I would bet everything I own that they would not be paying out huge amounts of money for diabetic stuff if there is not a good reason to do so. These private health insurance companies are profit orientated - full stop. There are a number of reasonings and outcomes that have been clumped together under the diabetes type 2 definition - insulin resistance, obesity/over weight, sedentary lifestyle, unhealthy diets, visceral fats and genetics. All these factors put together are said to cause type 2 diabetes. Yet, if you have someone who does not have any of these factors, then do they even have a type 2 form of diabetes? Is there another diabetic category that better explains unhealthy blood sugars? Is it autoimmune or some other reason that doesn't fit the type 2 umbrella? How frustrating it is for someone to do everything right; have completely normal weight, good diet, active lifestyle, no insulin resistance, normal blood pressure and trigs and yet have blood sugars that are high enough to damage their bodies. I maybe completely over simplifying, but these are legitimate queries by people who don'tr fit the type 2 umbrella. [/QUOTE]
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