Daffodils1
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And also on the website at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-33932930
I emailed a response to the article as follows:
What's most shocking in my view as a Type 2 diabetic is the frequent lack of understanding of the condition by HCPs, especially when so much money is being spent on drugs and treatment of complications. Promotion of the Eatwell plate and eating carbohydrates is simply bonkers for a diabetic. You want to reduce money spent on T2 in the NHS? Get patients to eat a low-carb diet that doesn't impact blood sugar levels so much - we don't need carbs, the liver will produce enough glucose to feed the brain. I've got my HbA1c back to non-diabetic levels on low-carb diet and exercise alone, lost 20 kg in weight and I have no intention in burdening the NHS with drug and complication treatment costs thank you.
Low-carb is also good for T1 diabetics, reducing the amount of insulin they need.
Obesity doesn't cause T2 by the way - it's a metabolic condition, there are many obese people who will never get diabetes and plenty of thin, fit people who do. It's often the condition that causes the obesity not the other way round.
But watch out, the drugs companies hate people like me who treat themselves because they like the condition to be progressive - they can sell more metformin, gliclazide, insulin and the rest and then all the drugs to treat the complications. It doesn't have to be that way.
So NICE - drop the Eatwell plate, get the drugs companies off your back and train HCPs and patients alike on low carbohydrate diets.
My invoice is in the post ...
I don`t think I have seen anyone on these pages suggest that there is no link between visceral fat and t2. It is frequently pointed out however, that obesity is often a result of t2 rather than a cause. The disease is way too complex for a" one size fits all" solution, very often the very meds used to treat the condition actually cause weight gain.The Newcastle Diet appears to show that once the patient reduces weight, the diabetes goes into remission.
So I think as even you have admitted losing 20kg, and seen an improvement in your diabetic condition, it would seem unlikely that there is no link between visceral fat and type 2.
However, obesity caused other problems, so it is probably wise to address that at this moment as well.
I know I would rather not become obese again, after losing the weight after diagnosis, for the many other benefits being fitter has provided.
I don`t think I have seen anyone on these pages suggest that there is no link between visceral fat and t2. It is frequently pointed out however, that obesity is often a result of t2 rather than a cause. The disease is way too complex for a" one size fits all" solution, very often the very meds used to treat the condition actually cause weight gain.
Gliclazide in my experience, never mentioned metformin.Metformin causes weight gain?
If not which ones?
So I think as even you have admitted losing 20kg, and seen an improvement in your diabetic condition, it would seem unlikely that there is no link between visceral fat and type 2.
However, obesity caused other problems, so it is probably wise to address that at this moment as well.
I know I would rather not become obese again, after losing the weight after diagnosis, for the many other benefits being fitter has provided.
Chicken and egg. Did my being overweight cause insulin resistance or did my insulin resistance cause me to be overweight?What I said was that obesity per se doesn't cause T2. If your insulin resistance is increasing then continuing to eat a high carb diet will raise triglycerides and the elevated insulin facilitates the laying down of visceral fat. Most of us here are trying to get the media to stop talking rubbish such as obesity causes T2.
What I said was that obesity per se doesn't cause T2. If your insulin resistance is increasing then continuing to eat a high carb diet will raise triglycerides and the elevated insulin facilitates the laying down of visceral fat. Most of us here are trying to get the media to stop talking rubbish such as obesity causes T2.
Just one slight problem, as someone who has kept an eye on my calorie intake for at least 8 years and I have food diaries to show that I was eating 500, 1000 and even 1500 calories less than my Basic Metabolic Rate and at times exercised till it hurt, as much as swimming 1km, 5 times a week, 1 hr in the gym 3 times a week as well as playing golf, having swimming lessons and spending an hour with a PT, weight reduction doesn't always happen. I know that my weight loss has occurred when I stopped Rosiglitazone, stopped Gliclazide and later started low carb.Reduce obesity, and you'll also benefit from reducing a lot of other complications of obesity, regardless of how it was caused.
Just curious how you calculated your basal metabolic rate? Exercise helps a bit with weight loss, but not as much as we would like.Just one slight problem, as someone who has kept an eye on my calorie intake for at least 8 years and I have food diaries to show that I was eating 500, 1000 and even 1500 calories less than my Basic Metabolic Rate and at times exercised till it hurt, as much as swimming 1km, 5 times a week, 1 hr in the gym 3 times a week as well as playing golf, having swimming lessons and spending an hour with a PT, weight reduction doesn't always happen. I know that my weight loss has occurred when I stopped Rosiglitazone, stopped Gliclazide and later started low carb.
Reduce weight is a great plan, but if anyone thinks it's just about calories consumed and calories burned, then they have a bit more to learn.
Just curious how you calculated your basal metabolic rate? Exercise helps a bit with weight loss, but not as much as we would like.
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