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<blockquote data-quote="Yorksman" data-source="post: 356265" data-attributes="member: 55568"><p>Reminds me of the days when cars had carburettors and giving too much choke would flood the engine and soot would get deposited on the spark plugs and the car wouldn't start. You either removed the spark plugs or sometimes, now and again, a bump start would get the thing firing on all cylinders again which in turn would burn off the soot clogging the spark gap.</p><p></p><p>Diet and exercise will allow you get your BG under control without the need for meds for a certain amount of time. The problem with meds is that they treat the symptom, not the cause, which is a failure of the beta cell function. By the time of diagnosis, diabetics have lost about 50% of their beta cell mass, in both lean and obese individuals. Nearly all research has focussed on the insulin aspect and hence meds seek to manage this aspect. It's like taking asprin because of a headache, without knowing why you have the headache in the first place.</p><p></p><p>How to reboot your pancreas and liver and possibly restore the beta cell function or at least halt its decline is the focus of the new research. There are no answers yet but you will almost certainly buy yourself time before you have to go on meds. You will probably find this research of interest:</p><p></p><p>Targeting Beta-Cell Function Early in the Course of Therapy for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.betacellsindiabetes.org/betacell-science" target="_blank">http://www.betacellsindiabetes.org/betacell-science</a></p><p></p><p>Have a look at the section Preventing, Delaying, and Reversing β-cell Failure. It's restricted to animals at the moment but it's a start and particularly encouraging is the observation <em>"associations between acute glucose lowering and improved acute insulin secretory responses more directly suggest improved β-cell function."</em></p><p></p><p>Anyway, I feel much better having lost some weight and gotten a bit fitter so, even if I still have diabetes, I am enjoying life more and, as far as food is concerned, I have never eaten better, simply because I take more time and put in more effort into preparing what I eat.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Yorksman, post: 356265, member: 55568"] Reminds me of the days when cars had carburettors and giving too much choke would flood the engine and soot would get deposited on the spark plugs and the car wouldn't start. You either removed the spark plugs or sometimes, now and again, a bump start would get the thing firing on all cylinders again which in turn would burn off the soot clogging the spark gap. Diet and exercise will allow you get your BG under control without the need for meds for a certain amount of time. The problem with meds is that they treat the symptom, not the cause, which is a failure of the beta cell function. By the time of diagnosis, diabetics have lost about 50% of their beta cell mass, in both lean and obese individuals. Nearly all research has focussed on the insulin aspect and hence meds seek to manage this aspect. It's like taking asprin because of a headache, without knowing why you have the headache in the first place. How to reboot your pancreas and liver and possibly restore the beta cell function or at least halt its decline is the focus of the new research. There are no answers yet but you will almost certainly buy yourself time before you have to go on meds. You will probably find this research of interest: Targeting Beta-Cell Function Early in the Course of Therapy for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus [url=http://www.betacellsindiabetes.org/betacell-science]http://www.betacellsindiabetes.org/betacell-science[/url] Have a look at the section Preventing, Delaying, and Reversing β-cell Failure. It's restricted to animals at the moment but it's a start and particularly encouraging is the observation [i]"associations between acute glucose lowering and improved acute insulin secretory responses more directly suggest improved β-cell function."[/i] Anyway, I feel much better having lost some weight and gotten a bit fitter so, even if I still have diabetes, I am enjoying life more and, as far as food is concerned, I have never eaten better, simply because I take more time and put in more effort into preparing what I eat. [/QUOTE]
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