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I just viewed two videos that were recommended to me by a friend in Ontario. The videos are by Dr. Jason Fung, a physician at the Scarborough General Hospital (by Toronto, Ontario, Canada). He outlines the view that insulin resistance (which may be the defining problem in T2 diabetes) is caused by high levels of insulin. I searched diabetes.co.uk for "Jason Fung" and "Fung" but found only one tangential reference. So this may very well be news to forum readers and contributors. My apologies if everyone knows about the Fung tapes.
Dr. Fung describes how insulin resistance might be caused by levels of insulin that are too high, in turn as a consequence of chronic overeating. He presents his ideas in YouTube videos. Here are links to two of them. The first is a little over an hour long, and it evidently is a scholarly presentation to other physicians. The emphasis is on the medical science underpinning his theory, but the last third or so is a practical recommendation for tackling T2 by diet:
https://www.youtube.com/all_comments?v=4oZ4UqtbB_g
The second video follows the same outline, but here the presentation seems aimed at laymen, possibly patients with diabetes or maybe their caregivers. There is less detail on the science and more by way of how eating less often can reverse T2 diabetes. In it, Dr Fung reviews several patient histories here:
So, if you have a stomach for science, take a look at the first one. If instead you'd prefer science as a snack with success stories as the main meal, check out the second one. Me, yeah, I had an appetite for both. Yum!
Thanks for reading,
George F.
Dr. Fung describes how insulin resistance might be caused by levels of insulin that are too high, in turn as a consequence of chronic overeating. He presents his ideas in YouTube videos. Here are links to two of them. The first is a little over an hour long, and it evidently is a scholarly presentation to other physicians. The emphasis is on the medical science underpinning his theory, but the last third or so is a practical recommendation for tackling T2 by diet:
https://www.youtube.com/all_comments?v=4oZ4UqtbB_g
The second video follows the same outline, but here the presentation seems aimed at laymen, possibly patients with diabetes or maybe their caregivers. There is less detail on the science and more by way of how eating less often can reverse T2 diabetes. In it, Dr Fung reviews several patient histories here:
So, if you have a stomach for science, take a look at the first one. If instead you'd prefer science as a snack with success stories as the main meal, check out the second one. Me, yeah, I had an appetite for both. Yum!
Thanks for reading,
George F.