Just a subject for discussion here.
I got to thinking after reading and participating another thread. It included the 'seriousness' with which people take our diabetes and food requirements.
Here:
https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/eating-out-nightmare.195512/
Basically, pubs / restaurants will probably amend a dish on the menu to cut the carbs if we request it. All good.
I mentioned in that thread that a diabetic's intolerance to glucose ‘could’ be termed an (slow motion) allergy. Which is wrong, literally - because it doesn't induce an autoimmune response, which can be fatal. But it can certainly be termed an intolerance and the worse we tolerate glucose or the worse we manage our conditions, the more serious it becomes.
Inspired to ponder things while listening to Aseem Malhotra, I got to thinking about how we can make people (not just restaurants, but the public in general) sit up and take notice of how potentially serious badly controlled diabetes is. The key phrase is badly controlled. Undiagnosed is equally serious of course, perhaps more so.
Type 3 diabetes is being increasingly classed as Alzheimer’s Disease. Though some people on diabetes.co.uk are classed as Type 3 (or is it Type 3C?) which leads to pancreas-related problems. So does Type 3 lead to pancreatic problems first then subsequently the brain.
To me it’s not really clear. But one things that seems irrefutable is that excess glucose in our bloodstreams is bad for our blood vessels. I have vascular problems so am particularly interested to learn more.
You’ve probably heard that the adult human has (a minimum of) 60,000 miles of blood vessels in our bodies. Many are tiny capillaries in our extremities, eyes, organs and brain. This is presumably why Type 3 is being increasingly associated with Alzheimer’s. Our brain takes between 15% and 20% of our heart’s blood supply, so it’s sensible to assume that a compromised vascular system can cause big problems.
Perhaps what we need is an incontrovertible association between excess glucose and vascular disease which in turn can lead to Alzheimer’s. Some may think that link is already there.
There are multi links on both Google and You Tube about sugar damaging blood vessels and the Type 3 / Alzheimer’s connection but the message doesn’t seem to be getting through.