Eating sardines regularly helps prevent type 2 diabetes

Post by bayesian_horse » Mon, May 10, 2021, 2:35 PM UTC

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What will cure/prevent type 2 diabetes is a low-carb, high-fat diet. Sardines are a low-carb, high-fat food. Eating them replaces a big load of the carbs people usually consume, and just like that they reduce the amount of insulin they have to produce, reducing their insulin resistance and so on. Omega-3 fatty acids are just a slight benefit, probably, and not so much for the diabetes. But "Just eat a can of sardines…

What other ways are you thinking of? Whole eggs, vegetables cooked in butter or oil, and fatty cuts of meat are probably the easiest for most people. But sardines are also easy because they're precooked. Strength training, and good sleep to support the training, also help a great deal, but is not as easily managed as adding something relatively tasty and convenient to one's diet. Eating a high quantity of diverse veg…

Post by mastrsushi » Mon, May 10, 2021, 2:58 PM UTC

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High fat diets can cause heart disease. Please stop promoting brogrammer fad diets.

That's been debunked in the past few decades. Originally this idea came from very limited data on heart disease. Now the picture is almost the opposite. It's not a "fad". Insulin resistance is a very basic physiological mechanism at the root of both obesity and various illnesses. There are scientifically proven ways to reduce that insulin resistance. And low-carb diets have been very successful in comparison studies.…

Post by wincy » Mon, May 10, 2021, 8:01 PM UTC

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How much do you take a day an In dosage?

I'm not the person you asked, but the most important part isn't the dosage, it's the form. Basically, make sure the magnesium tablet is anything but magnesium oxide - our digestive systems cannot absorb that. Just about any other form (there's like... six of them) will work. Magnesium oxide only helps with constipation, which is also important I guess but a completely different problem.

Post by jancsika » Tue, May 11, 2021, 1:03 PM UTC

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Interesting, though I'd have to fry them up whole there. Otherwise the bones would get chopped up, suspending the disbelief and returning me to mere mortal size. (In that case they'd probably taste like small pieces of salmon bones instead of the entire skeleton of a big fish.)

Hmmm yes I do see your point. Would it perhaps help to look backwards through a pair of binoculars while eating, so as to give the impression that the dish and its fishy contents are still small, thus maintaining the "giant" illusion? This could be further aided by using a somewhat oversized plate. Or perhaps use some particularly small eggs? (I think you'd be looking for some "Pullet eggs" in this case)

Post by bayesian_horse » Wed, May 12, 2021, 1:07 PM UTC

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No, exercise actually doesn't work. Professor Noakes, (now) a proponent of the ketogenic diet, became a type 2 diabetic while running ultra marathons. Back then he was propagating a high-carb diet as ideal for athletes. Sleep is essential, yes. Get screened for sleep apnoe if you have any reports of snoring. Sleep apnoe messes with insulin resistance. The most effective way is fasting, at least 16 hours a day, called…

I’ll have to read about Dr. Noakes. I recommend exercise because I see it lead to lower fasting numbers with similar diet, insulin dosage and sleep on my CGM. My understanding is that this happens because of a temporary increase in insulin action on the exhausted muscles, over the next day or 1.5 days in my case.