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<blockquote data-quote="Daibell" data-source="post: 377805" data-attributes="member: 21149"><p><strong>Re: Overweight vs underweight... which is harder to deal wit</strong></p><p></p><p>Hi. If we just take the 'Type 2' group which I'm part of there are two sub-groups with a spectrum in-between. These are the overweight who have insulin resistance and the under-weight who have a failing pancreas. I fit the latter sub-group and it sounds like your Mother possibly does as well? The over weight have some chance of bringing sugars way back down if they can have the right diet to enable the weight to come off. They may or may not then need meds but may avoid moving to insulin for many years. The under-weight group can't put on weight easily due to blood sugars going high and may need high levels of meds including insulin to control sugars and enable more normal eating. There are Pros and Cons for each sub-group. The over-weights have a chance of becoming almost normal and controlling their diabetes as long as they don't over eat. The underweights have less control and may well end up on a collection of meds, but don't suffer the tiredness and health risks from being overweight and insulin resistant. If the over-weights need to go onto insulin then it can be difficult initially to get good sugar control due to there already being excess insulin in the blood. I've generalised a lot in the above and will be interested in other people's thoughts.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Daibell, post: 377805, member: 21149"] [b]Re: Overweight vs underweight... which is harder to deal wit[/b] Hi. If we just take the 'Type 2' group which I'm part of there are two sub-groups with a spectrum in-between. These are the overweight who have insulin resistance and the under-weight who have a failing pancreas. I fit the latter sub-group and it sounds like your Mother possibly does as well? The over weight have some chance of bringing sugars way back down if they can have the right diet to enable the weight to come off. They may or may not then need meds but may avoid moving to insulin for many years. The under-weight group can't put on weight easily due to blood sugars going high and may need high levels of meds including insulin to control sugars and enable more normal eating. There are Pros and Cons for each sub-group. The over-weights have a chance of becoming almost normal and controlling their diabetes as long as they don't over eat. The underweights have less control and may well end up on a collection of meds, but don't suffer the tiredness and health risks from being overweight and insulin resistant. If the over-weights need to go onto insulin then it can be difficult initially to get good sugar control due to there already being excess insulin in the blood. I've generalised a lot in the above and will be interested in other people's thoughts. [/QUOTE]
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