I have nippy eyes in the morning
Thank you very much for posting the lecture of Prof. Roy Taylor. It really was very enlightening.
This is not to contradict anything that Prof. Taylor said about type 2 diabetes. I very well know that all of us type 2s are different: we think differently, we do things differently, and foods and physical activities affect us differently.
I was diagnosed a type 2 diabetic in July 1991 based on a fasting blood glucose reading of 468 mg/dl (roughly equivalent to 15% A1c). I was required to be on several anti-diabetes pills, but I refused to take them. I explained to our family physician then that I wanted to do the opposite of what caused my diabetes - excess intake of unhealthy foods for me and lack of exercise.
Long story short, for more than 23 years, daily exercise (stair-running, power-walking, modified push-ups, and/or jogging in place), and heart-healthy, natural, fresh (raw or cooked), unprocessed, and whole foods (mostly carbohydrates) have been keeping me healthy, strong, happy, feeling young, and having a long life.like I have no diabetes.
Because of my heavy carby food intake, my fasting and after-meal blood sugar levels (4x/day) are consistently high. Why have they not been harmful to me? I don't know. Maybe because of the beneficial effect of my 4 daily exercise sessions.
I eat only 3x/day, no snacks (only water between meals). I exercise immediately before each meal and before bedtime.
I have never had any hypoglycemic problems. I don't have any diabetes complications yet.
My past A1c's were between 5,2% and 6.3%, the one I got on October 1, 2014, was 6%.
Thank you again.
Bonny Damocles
Male, 79 years old
Height: 5'7", Weight: 137 lbs
Type 2: 23 years and 4 months