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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bluetit1802" data-source="post: 1592496" data-attributes="member: 94045"><p>This is the condition afflicting most Type 2s because, unlike T1s who don't produce any insulin, most Type 2s produce too much. Most T2s are insulin resistant, therefore because the cells reject their insulin to a greater or lesser extent, the insulin can't push the glucose into the cells, so much of the glucose remains in the blood stream. In a frantic effort to clear this glucose, the pancreas secretes even more insulin, and then even more. The secret for T2s is to reduce the amount of circulating insulin, and the only way to do this is to reduce the amount of glucose by reducing carbs. We don't need carbs. Our livers produce sufficient glucose for the cells that need it (the brain and red blood cells mainly)  Carbs = glucose = high levels of insulin = increased insulin resistance = higher levels of insulin.. High levels of circulating  insulin cause as many health problems as high levels of glucose.</p></blockquote><p></p>

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