Guest guest Posted August 26, 2004 Report Share Posted August 26, 2004 I learned a bunch about diabetes type II when my husband got it. Sure enough, just as Stasia points out, the doctor has had him focus on daily exercise, losing weight and eating better. Whenever Lee does this, his blood sugar numbers drop to a normal range. When he skips exercising or starts eating a lot of junk, they go right back up. Redondo > diabetes are totally different. Type II diabetes occurs when people > develop > insulin resistance, as can be exacerbated by so much sugar ingestion. > Type I diabetes, which my kids have, has nothing to do with sugar > consumption. In their case it occurred due to an auto immune response > in which their immune systems, in an attempt to fight a common virus, > also killed off their insulin producing beta cells resulting in type I > diabetes. > > I don't really know all that much about type II diabetes except that it > has run rampant lately with all the processed, super sized, sugary > foods that people have been eating. Exercise, weight loss, and better > eating can often reverse it in its early stages. > > Stasia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 27, 2004 Report Share Posted August 27, 2004 I have a diabetic friend (non-insulin dependent) who's more likely to have seriously LOW blood sugar than too high... but that could also be because he's unemployed and often doesn't have any food. " Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming 'Wow - what a Ride!' " ~~ Sage (entrepreneur and speaker) Diabetes type II I learned a bunch about diabetes type II when my husband got it. Sure enough, just as Stasia points out, the doctor has had him focus on daily exercise, losing weight and eating better. Whenever Lee does this, his blood sugar numbers drop to a normal range. When he skips exercising or starts eating a lot of junk, they go right back up. Redondo > diabetes are totally different. Type II diabetes occurs when people > develop > insulin resistance, as can be exacerbated by so much sugar ingestion. > Type I diabetes, which my kids have, has nothing to do with sugar > consumption. In their case it occurred due to an auto immune response > in which their immune systems, in an attempt to fight a common virus, > also killed off their insulin producing beta cells resulting in type I > diabetes. > > I don't really know all that much about type II diabetes except that it > has run rampant lately with all the processed, super sized, sugary > foods that people have been eating. Exercise, weight loss, and better > eating can often reverse it in its early stages. > > Stasia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 27, 2004 Report Share Posted August 27, 2004 Oh yes, lack of food will get ya, too. The whole deal with diabetes is to shoot for a fairly consistent blood sugar level. Which, incidentally, is one reason BFL fits it so nicely. Redondo > I have a diabetic friend (non-insulin dependent) who's more likely to > have seriously LOW blood sugar than too high... but that could also be > because he's unemployed and often doesn't have any food. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 27, 2004 Report Share Posted August 27, 2004 BFL is REALLY diabetes friendly. Could cut the dosages of type II medicine needs if not eliminate the need altogether after a while. My son could lose weight if he took up BFL because it would reduce his insulin needs. The large amounts of insulin he takes causes weight gain, as we all know, which, in his case is required because of the massive quantities of food he consumes. Stasia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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