Re: Question for Christie K. – cats, carbs, & diabetes

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In a message dated 8/26/03 5:34:58 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

heidis@... writes:

> 1. It is a known fact that certain diets cause T1 diabetes in

> rats, and wheat is a big factor (note the phrase " diabetes

> promoting wheat antigens " ). In this study, they induced

> diabetes with purified wheat gluten -- which shows it

> is the protein (gluten) NOT the starch that induced diabetes.

Heidi,

If that's true than what it actually indicates is that both can cause

diabetes, as a UNECOM study was able to induce diabetes in rats by feeding a

high-sugar diet, which poses no confusion with gluten.

OTOH, if this study induced type 1 and the study I'm referring to induced

type 2, that would make sense that gluten would induce the former, maybe by

anti-pancreas antibodies or something, and sugar would induce the latter, as it

makes little sense to me for sugar/starch to be able to induce type 1, and

likewise little sense that gluten could induce type 2.

The type 2 in the rats was reversible while taking them off the high-sugar

diet. It was also preventable with fish oil even with the high-sugar diet.

Fish oil could not reverse it however, only dietary modification. The fish oil

reduced the risk of heart disease and also reduced triglycerides, but they said

they had no conclusive evidence that reduction in heart disease had any

relation to the reduction in blood triglycerides.

Chris