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<blockquote data-quote="In Response" data-source="post: 2504619" data-attributes="member: 527103"><p>My non-scientific understanding is that excess insulin causes weight gain. Due to insulin resistance, the pancreas of someone with type 2 diabetes is likely to produce excess insulin.</p><p>In contrast, someone with Type 1 is producing too little insulin so their body will break down fat and protein for energy resulting in weight loss. How much weight is lost is probably dependent upon how quickly our insulin producing cells are dying off. If they are dying off slowly, they may be producing enough insulin to get by ... for now.</p><p>I lost a little weight but only notice it because, normally, my weight is incredibly stable.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="In Response, post: 2504619, member: 527103"] My non-scientific understanding is that excess insulin causes weight gain. Due to insulin resistance, the pancreas of someone with type 2 diabetes is likely to produce excess insulin. In contrast, someone with Type 1 is producing too little insulin so their body will break down fat and protein for energy resulting in weight loss. How much weight is lost is probably dependent upon how quickly our insulin producing cells are dying off. If they are dying off slowly, they may be producing enough insulin to get by ... for now. I lost a little weight but only notice it because, normally, my weight is incredibly stable. [/QUOTE]
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