weight loss & diabetes
For those interested in the articles on weight loss curing diabetes here are a
few links on the subject…
Most articles say that cures generally take place where the weight loss is in
excess of 100 pounds. That would indicate (to my little pea brain) that the
problems in the people with less weight may be more beta cell weighted than
insulin resistance weighted - or at the very least that there is at least a
component of beta cell death in the less hefty patients.
Sort of an interesting tangent here as I’d always believed that when I got my
weight and exercise issues straightened out I would go back to being
hypoglycemic (which I have been since age 18) and still be low carbing and
watching my weight, but not actively diabetic unless I did something
self-destructive (but understandable) like eating cake.
Cheers!
Marsha
May 7th, 2004 at 12:08 pm
Sort of an interesting tangent here as I’d always believed that when I got
my weight and exercise issues straightened out I would go back to being
hypoglycemic (which I have been since age 18) and still be low carbing and
watching
my weight, but not actively diabetic unless I did something self-destructive
(but understandable) like eating cake.
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A doctor told me that people who are hypoglycemic early in life often become
diabetic later in life. I wonder why that is? What makes them go from too
low to too high? Also, the doctor said a similar diet is used for both
problems. Janet
May 8th, 2004 at 5:31 pm
people who are insulin resistant are often
hypoglycemic initially and then later develope
diabets…you produce too much insulin. so initially,
you have hypoglycemia, and then as your insulin
recepters get numbed, and you cannot utilize the
insulin you are producing, you become diabetic
May 10th, 2004 at 11:16 pm
Hi Annie,
It is my best bet that once the weight is off I will be controlled through diet
and exercise. It is also the best bet of the doctors. The reason I was
hypoglycemic as a kid was eating things like grain, potatoes, etc. When I went
very low carb (doctor’s orders) I was just fine. I never had hypoglycemic
incidents unless I got something high-carb in my food supply by accident. I
learned early to avoid restaurants because of all the sugar, starch, etc. they
put in stuff. Then I became a label reader. In self-defense, I became a good
cook who usually felt let down at restaurants because their food isn’t as good
as mine.
It was not until I started eating high-carb crap (a different doctor’s orders
again…I had a sinking feeling I should not have listened to that turkey) that
I started gaining weight uncontrollably, was hungry all the time, and eventually
became diabetic. I seems logical to me that one can reverse the process. I
guess we will see, huh?
If not, I will deal with it as I have dealt with various setbacks all my life
(broken bones, macular edema in my left eye, etc.). But my mental goal is
reversal. Full reversal. If I believe I can do it I just may. If I don’t
believe I can do it, I may not try.
Marsha