- Messages
- 149
- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
- Treatment type
- Tablets (oral)
Hi, I've been trying intermittent fasting for a while, but usually only manage about 17 hours. Seems to have helped with weight loss.
Although I enjoyed the obesity code, it left me with lots of questions..............I'm not sure the advice or science is tailored very well to established diabetics. I fully understand that in early diabetes, insulin levels are too high in response to insulin resistance. However, I thought that as time went on, insulin levels dropped due to beta cell burnout................I've been working on the assumption that after 19 years, I have insulin resistance AND low insulin levels (maybe 20% beta cell function). I have trouble believing my insulin levels are still too high, and that this is fuelling my continued insulin resistance. I suspect glucagon is involved somewhere.
Anyone have any thoughts about this.......................I generally feel that people are getting a bit carried away with the idea that diabetes can be reversed. I'm sure IF can work very well in the early stages, but for me, I suspect that low carb will always be necessary - even if I become more insulin sensitive, I just don't think I make enough any more.
Although I enjoyed the obesity code, it left me with lots of questions..............I'm not sure the advice or science is tailored very well to established diabetics. I fully understand that in early diabetes, insulin levels are too high in response to insulin resistance. However, I thought that as time went on, insulin levels dropped due to beta cell burnout................I've been working on the assumption that after 19 years, I have insulin resistance AND low insulin levels (maybe 20% beta cell function). I have trouble believing my insulin levels are still too high, and that this is fuelling my continued insulin resistance. I suspect glucagon is involved somewhere.
Anyone have any thoughts about this.......................I generally feel that people are getting a bit carried away with the idea that diabetes can be reversed. I'm sure IF can work very well in the early stages, but for me, I suspect that low carb will always be necessary - even if I become more insulin sensitive, I just don't think I make enough any more.