Hi, @Red_Fox22. I found this, which offers an incremental value to a lowered HbA1c. Please note how all HbA1cs are NOT 'equal' e.g.Once (if) I get there I understand that my risk of developing complications is "drastically reduced". Does anyone know what that means in % terms?
Which would suggest that treating type 2 diabetes with insulin should be a last resort and a low carb diet based treatment is much preferred. Insulin resistance seems to be partly connected with the modern habit of constantly snacking and not leaving the body time to reset and repair itself between meals. I presume as the article is authored by Jason Fung that he would see fasting as a key remedy to insulin resistance. Fasting does seem to reduce levels of IGF-1 in the blood which is associated with a variety of diseases such as cancer and Alzheimer's.Although everyone's talking a lot about blood sugar levels, it seems insulin levels come into play a lot too as high insulin levels can also be very damaging in the long term! In type 2 diabetics this seems to be a significant issue because we tend to have very high insulin levels in our blood. Some interesting reading here: http://insulinresistance.org/index.php/jir/article/view/18/25
Thanks for the notes.
I need to learn more about these spikes, like most T2 I was advised by my Dr not to get a monitor and in truth I was not unhappy about that since the finger pricking and paranoia caused by the constant checking seemed like a pain. I was happy to rely on just A1C if the numbers were coming down. It sounds like this is inadequate.
Geoff - the link you sent me is very encouraging. I have dropped 5% points so according to that it is a mathematical impossibility for me to get the complications! I suspect that is a little too optimistic but thanks all for the information.
Thanks for putting that up! Great stuff. How amazing that he put on so much weight and so many inches of fat around his belly from just eating 'healthy' - big business has a lot to answer for.I am just watching "That Sugar Film" where a documentary maker in Australia subjected himself to 40 teaspoons of sugar a day for a few weeks to see the effect on his health. The result was Insulin Resistance, fatty liver and a lot of poor health markers. The equivalent of 40 teaspoons of sugar is the average consumed daily by a Australian. This amount of sugar is easily consumed as sugar is hidden in many everyday foods such as "low fat yoghurt", baked beans and "healthy" snack bars. It looks like reducing carbs and sugar will dramatically improve the health of the average person as well as those with diabetes.
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