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cuts and scrapes
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IanD
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The cells are repairing themselves all the time. The principle of the HBA test is that the blood cells are renewed every 3 months. In T2, the pancreas cells are losing efficiency, & are overloaded by the high carb diet we are all encouraged to eat.
When a reduced carb diet is used, the cells can begin to cope better.
When a reduced carb diet is used, the cells can begin to cope better.
For type ones the beta cells get a attacked by a couple of types of rogue lymphocyte and don't recover. It is the same sort of process that affects the thyroid or joint tissue in other autoimmune disorders.
In type two diabetes toxicity from high blood sugars kills off beta cells. That's one good reason to keep your blood sugar levels as normal as you can. The easiest way to do this of course is restricting the amount and type of carb you eat.
In type two diabetes toxicity from high blood sugars kills off beta cells. That's one good reason to keep your blood sugar levels as normal as you can. The easiest way to do this of course is restricting the amount and type of carb you eat.
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individual cells do not normally recover. the cells, from which they are born make more. By the time you are adult, you have pretty well NO cells left from the ones you were born with. Skin cells don't do a perfect patch up job either, that's why we get scars and scars have no hair follicles.
