Why the differences in results person to person

[KK123]

I get that we’re all different and don’t react the same and respond differently but there’s must be some factors that cause those differences and that’s what I’m wondering about. Just saying we’re different is true but doesn’t actually address my question. It’s akin to me saying to myself don’t worry (read think as opposed to stress) about it which doesn’t work - my brain still goes there and it’s interesting to me

Hi there, maybe because there is no definitive answer, other perhaps than DNA.

 

[JohnEGreen]

It's like a rainbow every person who sees a particular rainbow at the same time thinks they are all experiencing the same rainbow the reality is every individual sees a slightly different rainbow even when stood side by side as the rainbow you see depends not just on atmospheric condition but also the angle your eyes make with it your perceptions your hight and a myriad of other variables.

And like a rainbow diabetes is different in many aspects to each person and is unique to each person who experiences it.

So though there are commonalities it's not the same for everyone.

 

[Guzzler]

Some questions simply do not have answers. Maybe it is acceptance that you are having a problem with. If there is one lesson that I think most of us learn later than we might it is accepting our limitations, what I mean here is that we must learn that which we can control or influence and that which lies outside of our control.

Our goals should not to be the fastest, lowest or first, they should be to do our best, our utmost for ourselves.
This applies to many things in life not just our Diabetes management. In the future it is possible that we may get more insight but until then we just need to concentrate on learning about the things that we know could help us.

 

[JAT1]

Infuriating as it seems, our bodies don't always act in the way that our conscious minds would like them to.

Don't you ever wish you could talk with your body?
"Hey, body. What's up? What's going on in there? Can you tell me why you function the way you do?"

I talk to it all the bloomin' time. It just never listens.

The body is way more intelligent than the conscious mind. The conscious mind needs to seek to understand what the body is saying and learn to listen to it, to work with it and not attempt to bend it under conscious control. This philosophy helps me immensely.

 

[Guzzler]

The body is way more intelligent than the conscious mind. The conscious mind needs to seek to understand what the body is saying and learn to listen to it, to work with it and not attempt to bend it under conscious control. This philosophy helps me immensely.

Ah but we certainly can bend it slightly, don't you think? We can avoid dangerous activities like smoking, excess alcohol or bungi jumping. We could ameliorate problems like getting more exposure to the sun, being a little more active and eating well. My body said nowt to me about Diabetes, no symptoms at all on diagnosis but my conscious mind told me not to ignore Diabetes just because I couldn't feel anything even though my body must have been struggling for a very long time.

 

[karen8967]

 

[JohnEGreen]

 

[DavidGrahamJones]

Don't you ever wish you could talk with your body?

I'm currently looking into Kinesiology, the last time I looked into it I ended up having a mantra to keeping repeating. The idea being that you can tell your body what to do. I had some success, but I need to take it more seriously and more importantly, for longer, not just 4 weeks. I'm also having another go just to make sure it's not complete rubbish.

 

[AllieRainbow]

Ah but we certainly can bend it slightly, don't you think? We can avoid dangerous activities like smoking, excess alcohol or bungi jumping. We could ameliorate problems like getting more exposure to the sun, being a little more active and eating well. My body said nowt to me about Diabetes, no symptoms at all on diagnosis but my conscious mind told me not to ignore Diabetes just because I couldn't feel anything even though my body must have been struggling for a very long time.

I would say that there are plenty of symptoms of diabetes for me - maybe not for everyone though. The problem is not realising what those symptoms mean. Now I have changed my WOE to LCHF, I can immediately feel the reaction if I eat something that is more carby than I realised because my body reacts in a very obvious way to it - I just ignored those signs before or put them down to other things. If I had realised what my body was trying to tell me, I probably would have got control over this a lot earlier.

 

[JohnEGreen]

I'm currently looking into Kinesiology, the last time I looked into it I ended up having a mantra to keeping repeating. The idea being that you can tell your body what to do. I had some success, but I need to take it more seriously and more importantly, for longer, not just 4 weeks. I'm also having another go just to make sure it's not complete rubbish.

Don't forget it's a lot to do with movement as well as the psychological aspects.

Somewhat like tai chi which may also be of use.

 

[DavidGrahamJones]

Somewhat like tai chi which may also be of use.

I've done Tai Chi in the past and it was brilliant for relieving stress. I think the effort of remembering the different moves and then the order in which to do them meant there was no room in the brain to think of the daily worries. I was always amazed that such gentle movement could result in breaking out in a sweat like I might have done running. Currently looking for a class after the "new start" class that was to have started in September didn't get going. Still on my "to do" list.

 

[millenium]

Hormones hormones hormones.

The ones who seem to lose weight easily do so (it appears) because their hormonal system has fewer ‘issues’.

I am always astonished to read of members who cut carbs and the weight falls off. The ones I am particularly envious of, are the ones who get to enjoy low carb baking, a huge variety of veg, low carb breads and fruit and they still lose weight. Pleased for them, of course. But amazed. If my body behaved like that I would have been slim decades ago. In fact, I would never have got fat. Lol.

Actually food intolerances play a part too. And sleep quality or deprivation. And dehydration/adequate water intake, medication, stress levels, other medical conditions... the list is pretty long.

In other words, their body r functioning more optimally, more primed.

My father is 80, when on one hundred gms carbs per day spread out evenly around three meals, his hba1c will be around 5.0. He also exercise 25mins 6 times a week and he sleeps really well.