Diabetes explained

Here's a major cause of Type 2 diabetes. See health101.org for more information.

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• high+fat+diet
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• blood+sugar

[health101DOTorg]

Then explain why those type 2 diabetics I and my colleagues have counseled have been able to come off their insulin completely, and have normal blood sugar levels, by eating a "low" fat diet (fat content under 10% of total calories? True, some needed to supplement with some chromium, and appropriate physical activity is another key factor in reversing diabetes, and they do best when eating what humans are designed to eat. So science aside, empirical evidence is hard to argue with.

[dogoodforothers]

@drcldrcl - I don't think health101DoTorg is saying that a low-fat diet equates to eating table sugar. Low-fat meaning eating real food - living/raw vegetables, greens, fruits, and just a small amount of "overt" fats, like raw nuts, seeds, and some coconut and avocado. Even without the overts, we would still get close to 8-10% fat from a diet with the veggies, greens and fruit. Just a thought...and BTW, my grandfather was able to stop his diabetic meds for type 2 on this low-fat diet.

[drcldrcl]

thats a novel theory about diabetes. except that fat does not float around in the blood. It gets transported in lipoprotiens. Lipids are not soluble in water so dietary fat is transported to tissue by chylomicrons.. Anyone who knows a type 2 diabetic knows that a low fat diet has no effect on reversing diabetes. Incidentally eating lots of table sugar makes the liver create lots of fat which is shuttled straight in to VLDL particles. But why let science get in the way of a nice tail?