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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Oldvatr" data-source="post: 2375466" data-attributes="member: 196898">I have to disagree strongly with your hypothesis.  It is not proven at all.  There may be a few cases that it could explain, but most of the evidence I have seen does not support your statements.  It does not explain my case where I was a skinny 9 stone weakling when DX'ed, and I ballooned to about 18 stones in the following 20 years.  This is consistent with T2D causing metabolic syndrome.  It does not explain my wife who also went from 8 stone thin to 18 stone dumpling but who did not get diabetes at all.  Both of us lost this excess weight using low carb WOE within a few months, and neither of our underlying conditions was cured.  I am still T2D and she did not become T2D.  I know other obese persons who are not diabetic, and I know several TOFI who are.Your hypothesis is too simplistic IMHO and can prompt unhealthy weight loss activity in the search for a cure.  The main thing about ND is that it should be undertaken with HCP oversight and limited in duration and severity.  The 8-week blood sugar diets are probably safe enough if using the patented formulae and meal replacement technology since that has at least been researched and proven in many diet plans (Optifast, Slimfast, Weight Watchers, Cambridge Diet etc)  which is what ND uses</blockquote>

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