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<blockquote data-quote="Snodger" data-source="post: 323640" data-attributes="member: 27045"><p>I'm always up there with anyone questioning authority but I'm not sure I understand exactly what you are questioning. </p><p></p><p></p><p>But as I understand it, </p><p>a) glycogen is a temporary storage solution for the body. If the liver's full, the extra energy gets stored as fat - not poured back into the blood. Non-diabetics can eat as much sugar as they like, and pack their liver full of glycogen, and it doesn't make their blood glucose rocket. So if you can't do that... then you are T2 diabetic... aren't you?</p><p>b) Insulin is used to put sugar into storage and it is made in the pancreas; it is accepted by your other body cells. In T1 your pancreas is broken and in T2 your other body cells are a bit broken. I'm not sure I understand the role of the liver in your theory. Are you saying that your liver was temporarily unable to recognise insulin, because it was full? Or are you disputing the role of insulin altogether? </p><p>c) you seem to be saying your liver is fine now and... what? therefore you aren't diabetic and can go back to eating carbs? Or are you saying you've always been glucose intolerant and thus must avoid overloading carbs? In which case, what's the difference between being T2 diabetic and glucose intolerant, for you, is it just a question of degree?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Snodger, post: 323640, member: 27045"] I'm always up there with anyone questioning authority but I'm not sure I understand exactly what you are questioning. But as I understand it, a) glycogen is a temporary storage solution for the body. If the liver's full, the extra energy gets stored as fat - not poured back into the blood. Non-diabetics can eat as much sugar as they like, and pack their liver full of glycogen, and it doesn't make their blood glucose rocket. So if you can't do that... then you are T2 diabetic... aren't you? b) Insulin is used to put sugar into storage and it is made in the pancreas; it is accepted by your other body cells. In T1 your pancreas is broken and in T2 your other body cells are a bit broken. I'm not sure I understand the role of the liver in your theory. Are you saying that your liver was temporarily unable to recognise insulin, because it was full? Or are you disputing the role of insulin altogether? c) you seem to be saying your liver is fine now and... what? therefore you aren't diabetic and can go back to eating carbs? Or are you saying you've always been glucose intolerant and thus must avoid overloading carbs? In which case, what's the difference between being T2 diabetic and glucose intolerant, for you, is it just a question of degree? [/QUOTE]
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