Re: Insulin and mortality (was: New here)

[Guest guest]

> Anyway, the fix for us is clear: Do everything possible to maintain

> a healthy heart, which is what we should all be doing anyway. Some

> cardiologists even suggest that diabetes should be treated as a

> heart disorder with associated blood glucose symptoms, which is more

> or less the way my own physician looks at it.

Which is why they recommend a low fat, and hence high carb diet.

Which leads to out of control BG.

[Guest guest]

I tend to look at diabetes as a digestive system disorder with total body

involvement... *smile*

Nora

At 03:00 PM 12/31/05 +0000, T wrote:

>Some cardiologists even suggest that diabetes should be treated as a

>heart disorder with associated blood glucose symptoms, which is more

>or less the way my own physician looks at it.

[Guest guest]

> Which is why they recommend a low fat, and

> hence high carb diet.

Well, one of the reasons! Excessive dietary fat

has been shown to inhibit insulin initiation of

glucose uptake in the muscles in some subjects

and therefore is a direct cause of insulin

resistance for them. I was one of them!

> Which leads to out of control BG.

I changed to a " high " carbohydrate diet

immediately after diagnosis 5 years ago and

my BG's never did go out of control so I

cannot confirm your conclusion. When I was

diagnosed I had HbA1c of 13% and it came

down to about 5% after a year and stayed

there.

My belief is that the secret lies in finding

a balance that fits you individually and not

being too dogmatic about it.

Actually, I believe that the human metabolism

is flexible enough to accommodate a wide

range of dietary intakes and that the net

effect of tailored diets is sometimes

overstated but that is just a personal feeling.

Regards

T.

[Guest guest]

> Which is why they recommend a low fat, and

> hence high carb diet.

Well, one of the reasons! Excessive dietary fat

has been shown to inhibit insulin initiation of

glucose uptake in the muscles in some subjects

and therefore is a direct cause of insulin

resistance for them. I was one of them!

> Which leads to out of control BG.

I changed to a " high " carbohydrate diet

immediately after diagnosis 5 years ago and

my BG's never did go out of control so I

cannot confirm your conclusion. When I was

diagnosed I had HbA1c of 13% and it came

down to about 5% after a year and stayed

there.

My belief is that the secret lies in finding

a balance that fits you individually and not

being too dogmatic about it.

Actually, I believe that the human metabolism

is flexible enough to accommodate a wide

range of dietary intakes and that the net

effect of tailored diets is sometimes

overstated but that is just a personal feeling.

Regards

T.

[Guest guest]

> Which is why they recommend a low fat, and

> hence high carb diet.

Well, one of the reasons! Excessive dietary fat

has been shown to inhibit insulin initiation of

glucose uptake in the muscles in some subjects

and therefore is a direct cause of insulin

resistance for them. I was one of them!

> Which leads to out of control BG.

I changed to a " high " carbohydrate diet

immediately after diagnosis 5 years ago and

my BG's never did go out of control so I

cannot confirm your conclusion. When I was

diagnosed I had HbA1c of 13% and it came

down to about 5% after a year and stayed

there.

My belief is that the secret lies in finding

a balance that fits you individually and not

being too dogmatic about it.

Actually, I believe that the human metabolism

is flexible enough to accommodate a wide

range of dietary intakes and that the net

effect of tailored diets is sometimes

overstated but that is just a personal feeling.

Regards

T.

[Guest guest]

> I tend to look at diabetes as a digestive

> system disorder with total body

> involvement... *smile*

Oh. In my case, my digestion functions properly,

it is my fat metabolism that is damaged and

that gave me diabetes via insulin resistance, I

believe. I don't see how the digestive system

can adversely affect glucose homeostasis but

I suppose everything is possible.

Regards

T

[Guest guest]

> I tend to look at diabetes as a digestive

> system disorder with total body

> involvement... *smile*

Oh. In my case, my digestion functions properly,

it is my fat metabolism that is damaged and

that gave me diabetes via insulin resistance, I

believe. I don't see how the digestive system

can adversely affect glucose homeostasis but

I suppose everything is possible.

Regards

T

[Guest guest]

> T1s and LADA have a disfunction in insulin production. Completely

different

> except for the end result.

Not completely different, because type 2s also have a defect in insulin

production. It's just not as complete.

Gretchen