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- Type of diabetes
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Were any checks made for infection of any kind? Just trying to understand why with a good amount of insulin, and very few carbs, glucose is raised. Something is raising it and it’s not diet or lack of insulin. I would want to know what.
Did the dr actually explain why he thinks the keto diet wouldn’t work if overproducing insulin as you are, or simply state it as a “fact” ?
Vipidia is also known as Alogliptin and works in part by increasing the amount of insulin produced by your body, which then controls the level of sugar in your blood. It also reduces the amount of a substance called glucagon being produced by your pancreas. Glucagon causes your liver to produce more sugar; so, by reducing the amount of glucagon in your body, this also helps to reduce the levels of sugar in your blood.https://www.nhs.uk/medicines/alogliptin/
https://www.diabetes.co.uk/diabetes-medication/incretin-mimetics.html Glp1 medicines work by copying, or mimicking, the functions of the natural incretin hormones in your body that help lower post-meal blood sugar levels These functions include:
Both of these will hopefully address the symptoms of high blood sugars but doesn’t address the cause of why they are so high whilst not eating many carbs at all. As you say the reason your own insulin is already high would appear to be due to insulin resistance - its increased to try and compensate. The drugs will do more of this.
- Stimulating the release of insulin by the pancreas after eating, even before blood sugars start to rise.
- Inhibiting the release of glucagon by the pancreas. Glucagon is a hormone that causes the liver to release its stored sugar into the bloodstream.
- Slowing glucose absorption into the bloodstream by reducing the speed at which the stomach empties after eating, thus making you feel more satisfied after a meal
I'm confused too.
I was also confused because two of you said the same and I could not work out why, he said i was very insulin resistant and that the keto diet will have no effect on me at all so it is a waste of time doing it, I did say well i was really nervous about reintroducing carbs especially if my sugards are like 19.1 mmol...
ok, I returned home and put my message in here and i shall be honest, nothing apart from tea has passed my lips today, the last time i ate was 7pm last night, i have just been shopping and am sitting here with a cuppa and got the dinner on, i just checked and my sugars are 20.1 mmol, but as he would say, it still isn't any cause for concern as it is not life threatening yet. I did however when i returned home earlier take one of these new tablets along with about half a litre of water.
He said it as matter of fact that because of my insulin resistance that keto will not work, he has not asked about any possible infection and i do have issues with my waterworks, i also have some gum disease from packing up smoking, 3 or so years now without one.
I'd like to get the gum issue sorted out but i fell out with my local denstist for dodgy charging and have regeistered with one further away but they say i'm not actually registsered, i'm just on their system?!
if i had a heap of money then i could afford to go to all of them and get things sorted i'm sure. I don't know what to say or do now because i honestly thought i had a reasonable result today with him :|