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Message: <blockquote data-quote="tim2000s" data-source="post: 1307162" data-attributes="member: 30007">Digging through the Agenda of Diabetes Professional Care 2016, I came across the following session being presented on Thursday. Maybe [USER=1]@Administrator[/USER] will be in attendance....It's certainly a change of direction given attitudes at last year's conference!The role of Ketosis in the management of diabetes<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Ketosis occurs when there is more glucagon than insulin, and the body starts to seek out alternative sources of fuel to glucose</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">It used to be considered as a harmful consequence of inadequate diabetes control, sparked predominantly by the fear of the potentially fatal "Diabetic keto-acidosis"</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Current evidence suggests however, that a mild degree of ketosis are not only not harmful, but may be beneficial for people with type 2 diabetes at least</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">We will review the mechanisms of ketone production, the potential for benefit of a mild degree of ketosis and the importance of monitoring this ketosis in the case of ill health</li> </ul><img src="https://www.diabetesprofessionalcare.com/images/agenda/David_Strain_200.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Dr David StrainSenior Clinical LecturerDiabetes & Vascular Research Department, University of Exeter Medical School</blockquote>

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