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There have been many newly diagnosed T2's who say they feel guilty and ashamed.
I don't feel that way and neither should they. We have all been told to eat the wrong things, and that those are even 'healthy, for decades!
T2D is all about diet - what the person has eaten in the past and going forward, what they eat after diagnosis.
The vast majority of Type 2's have been told the following lies:
1. That being Overweight or Obese leads to T2D - it doe not (at least not necessarily)! In fact several researchers claim that the causality is actually the other way around i.e. that having T2D leads to being Overweight or Obese !
2. That Type 2 Diabetes is caused by excess intake of 'Sugar' (which is taken to mean added table sugar). In fact T2D is caused by either increased Insulin Resistance or decreased Insulin Sensitivity, or both.
OK so what causes those 2 conditions? - They are both caused by prolonged high levels of stored body fat, especially around the Liver and pancreas i.e. visceral fat. Many Type 2 diabetics like me are Thin Outside, Fat Inside (TOFI's).
What causes stored body fat? - Insulin.
And what causes high Insulin? - That is caused by high Blood Glucose.
So what causes high Blood Glucose? - Well that is caused by high dietary starches and sugars - Carbohydrates. Pretty much all Carbs are very quickly broken down into glucose by digestion. A typical breakfast (Cereal with milk, Fruit Juice and Toast) even with no added sugar contains over 21 teaspoons of sugar when digested!
Now this needs a little more explanation:
The job of Insulin is to enable the body to store away any temporary excess in the starches and sugars we eat in the form of body fat so that it can be used in the lean times like Winter used to be before the availability of all kinds of foods all year round. As well as to enable muscles cells to 'run on it'.
A side-effect of Insulin storing away Glucose is that it effectively prevents the body from using up its store of energy previously build up in the form of body fat. You can't outrun a poor diet.
So if you eat just slightly more carbs than you need, your raised Insulin levels will ensure that you slowly gain body fat and that you can't 'burn it off' through exercise! -You can't do this because of the high Insulin.
This means that the 'Eatwell plate', the '5 a Day' and the 'eat healthy wholegrains' advice is completely wrong for Type 2 Diabetics and indeed are probably the cause of them becoming T2D in the first place! - No wonder there is suddenly so much Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes in the western populations.
So don't be ashamed or feel guilty - instead feel angry about the terrible advice being officially given to us since the late 1970's ! Advice for which there was no scientific back then, and which there is much disproving research now.
I don't feel that way and neither should they. We have all been told to eat the wrong things, and that those are even 'healthy, for decades!
T2D is all about diet - what the person has eaten in the past and going forward, what they eat after diagnosis.
The vast majority of Type 2's have been told the following lies:
1. That being Overweight or Obese leads to T2D - it doe not (at least not necessarily)! In fact several researchers claim that the causality is actually the other way around i.e. that having T2D leads to being Overweight or Obese !
2. That Type 2 Diabetes is caused by excess intake of 'Sugar' (which is taken to mean added table sugar). In fact T2D is caused by either increased Insulin Resistance or decreased Insulin Sensitivity, or both.
OK so what causes those 2 conditions? - They are both caused by prolonged high levels of stored body fat, especially around the Liver and pancreas i.e. visceral fat. Many Type 2 diabetics like me are Thin Outside, Fat Inside (TOFI's).
What causes stored body fat? - Insulin.
And what causes high Insulin? - That is caused by high Blood Glucose.
So what causes high Blood Glucose? - Well that is caused by high dietary starches and sugars - Carbohydrates. Pretty much all Carbs are very quickly broken down into glucose by digestion. A typical breakfast (Cereal with milk, Fruit Juice and Toast) even with no added sugar contains over 21 teaspoons of sugar when digested!
Now this needs a little more explanation:
The job of Insulin is to enable the body to store away any temporary excess in the starches and sugars we eat in the form of body fat so that it can be used in the lean times like Winter used to be before the availability of all kinds of foods all year round. As well as to enable muscles cells to 'run on it'.
A side-effect of Insulin storing away Glucose is that it effectively prevents the body from using up its store of energy previously build up in the form of body fat. You can't outrun a poor diet.
So if you eat just slightly more carbs than you need, your raised Insulin levels will ensure that you slowly gain body fat and that you can't 'burn it off' through exercise! -You can't do this because of the high Insulin.
This means that the 'Eatwell plate', the '5 a Day' and the 'eat healthy wholegrains' advice is completely wrong for Type 2 Diabetics and indeed are probably the cause of them becoming T2D in the first place! - No wonder there is suddenly so much Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes in the western populations.
So don't be ashamed or feel guilty - instead feel angry about the terrible advice being officially given to us since the late 1970's ! Advice for which there was no scientific back then, and which there is much disproving research now.