92f-fan wrote:Tracker wrote:
I didn't say they cured it. I said, and the links I posted said, they reversed their symptoms. Those beta cells do not regenerate
again more mis information and confusion
Beta cells arent the issue with most type II
In type I the beta cells are attacked by the bodies immune system - but recent studies show that type 1's with long term disease are still making beta cells - the body is still killing them.
Which is why work by people like Dr Faustman
http://www.healthline.com/diabetesmine/ ... e-research" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
is promising because if we can stop the auto immune attack it could reverse the symptoms and in fact the beta function could return.
Type II doesn't run in my family but cardiovascular disease does. Both of those are largely preventable.
http://www.healthline.com/health/type-2 ... statistics" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; "Type 2 diabetes is a common and increasingly prevalent illness that is largely preventable. In adults, type 2 diabetes accounts for about 90 to 95 percent of all diagnosed cases of diabetes; the remainder are adult-onset (or adult-diagnosed) type 1 diabetes, a form of diabetes for which the cause is unknown."
Both of those are related to metabolic syndrome. And a blood marker for that is high triglycerides and low HDL. Because I read up on Metabolic Syndrome for cardio reasons Type II gets mentioned a lot.
https://www2.nami.org/Content/Navigatio ... abetes.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
People also need to be aware of metabolic syndrome, a
condition that can be a precursor to diabetes, also know
as pre-diabetes. Left untreated, these two conditions can
cause severe health problems and can shorten lives.
Diabetes
Diabetes is a problem related to how your body uses
sugar. It is a serious medical problem. There are several
types of diabetes—we will focus on the adult-onset type,
also called Type 2 diabetes. Type 2 diabetes results from
cells in a person’s body failing to use insulin properly.
Insulin enables cells in the body to use glucose (a kind of
sugar) to turn it into energy. In Type 2 diabetes, the rising
glucose levels seen in the bloodstream are an indicator
that the body is not using insulin well.
Being overweight,
especially around the middle and abdomen area, is the
most common underlying cause of adult-onset diabetes.
Having a family history of adult-onset diabetes is another
risk
. By becoming more active and engaging in a weight-
loss program, you may be able to halt and even reverse
adult-onset diabetes. Talk with your health care provider
before beginning an exercise program.
I underlined
cause because there are researchers who question that being overweight around the middle isn't the
cause of type II (or heart disease) but another outward symptom of Metabolic Syndrome.
What raises triglicerides and lowers HDL? Starches and sugars. Carbs raise triglicerides VLDL, and pattern B LDL. Saturated fat raises pattern A LDL and HDL. Eating a high-fat, low-carb diet lowers triglycerides and raises HDL.
20+ years ago I had these personal questions: The average male only stores 2000 calories of glucose/glycogen (I use those words interchangeably), 100 grams in the liver and 400 grams in muscle. Once glucose inters the muscle cells it stays there until it's burned, mostly through anaerobic activity. Evolutionary argument is that it's stored there for flight or fight. The liver, however, gives up glucose/glycogen to regulate blood sugar. At 4 calories per gram, then, the liver only stores about 400 calories worth of glucose. So if a person isn't burning that much muscle glycogen every day, why is the government guidelines telling us to eat 60-70% of our daily calories as carbs? Does the average person really burning through that much glucose everyday, and if we are how did our hunter/gatherer ancestors get the carbs they needed? And what about bodyfat, do we not burn that too, is body fat that inefficient a fuel source? It just didn't make sense to me...but I trusted the medical establishment. The other questions I had related saturated fat: if eating saturated fat is so damaging to the cardiovascular system why do we make it and store that way? And if eating saturated fat causes cardiovascular wouldn't dieting off your own stored fat also cause it? If a person was told to lose 100lb of fat in the next 300 days the amount of saturated fatty acids entering the arteries is the equivalent of eating more than a stick of butter every day. Why does eating cause cardiovascular disease but dieting does not?
As it turns out, those were valid questions. So you take someone like Peter Attia MD who workout 3 hours per day eating the government pyramid guideline and still developed metabolic syndrome with difficulty regulating his insulin who then radically changes his diet to low carb, high fat and his blood work gets better. The dexa scan tech said he had the lowest visceral fat of anyone he measured.
Here's his self experimenting and his story. If he's wrong I'd like to know why...esp because I can relate to his family's heart disease?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIEDYbG ... Q_flPMMbQU" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
