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Blood sugar patterns to master as a type 2 diabetic

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Re: Blood sugar patterns to master as a type 2 diabetic

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Post by erkkie »

thrway190616 wrote: post #17

I have a question in case there are any experts here. What is the mechanism of this: >On the other hand, high-intensity, short-duration exercise (like weightlifting, sprinting, and rock climbing) will spike your blood sugar temporarily, but keep your blood sugar lower overall for a period of time afterward: What exactly happens here, in as much detail as someone could reply. (For the first part, "spike your blood sug…

I believe this is a cortisol response that makes sure you get the most energy usage out in a short spike. https://idmprogram.com/closer-look-cortisol-hormonal-obesity...

Re: Blood sugar patterns to master as a type 2 diabetic

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Post by Hendrikto »

trevyn wrote: post #15

I’ve heard that cutting out nearly all carbohydrates from the diet basically causes permanent remission of type 2 diabetes. Is this true?

If you don‘t eat carbohydrates, you don‘t need insulin, so it is no disadvantage that you cannot produce it.

Calling that a remission is far fetched though.

Re: Blood sugar patterns to master as a type 2 diabetic

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Post by Hendrikto »

msiyer wrote: post #20
whb07 wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This.... is one way to do it, but it’s got nothing to do with the list you provided. Don’t confuse “oils, animal fats” with things like a fast food meal.

I am not confused. Fast food is bad because it contains excess amounts of oils and animal fats and a lot many other things. Oils are bad. They are especially bad after heat is applied to them.

> Oils are bad.

Oversimplified blanket statements are bad.

Re: Blood sugar patterns to master as a type 2 diabetic

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Post by londt8 »

thrway190616 wrote: post #17

I have a question in case there are any experts here. What is the mechanism of this: >On the other hand, high-intensity, short-duration exercise (like weightlifting, sprinting, and rock climbing) will spike your blood sugar temporarily, but keep your blood sugar lower overall for a period of time afterward: What exactly happens here, in as much detail as someone could reply. (For the first part, "spike your blood sug…

Also adrenaline

Re: Blood sugar patterns to master as a type 2 diabetic

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Post by donatzsky »

Hendrikto wrote: post #22
trevyn wrote: post #15

I’ve heard that cutting out nearly all carbohydrates from the diet basically causes permanent remission of type 2 diabetes. Is this true?

If you don‘t eat carbohydrates, you don‘t need insulin, so it is no disadvantage that you cannot produce it. Calling that a remission is far fetched though.

Anecdata and all that, but I have seen quite a few reports of people overcoming their t2 diabetes through low-carb diets.

Whether they were actually cured is harder to say.

Re: Blood sugar patterns to master as a type 2 diabetic

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Post by pohl »

Hendrikto wrote: post #22
trevyn wrote: post #15

I’ve heard that cutting out nearly all carbohydrates from the diet basically causes permanent remission of type 2 diabetes. Is this true?

If you don‘t eat carbohydrates, you don‘t need insulin, so it is no disadvantage that you cannot produce it. Calling that a remission is far fetched though.

“...that you cannot produce it.”

It sounds like you are conflating type 1 and type 2. The mechanism of the latter begins with insulin resistance.

Re: Blood sugar patterns to master as a type 2 diabetic

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Post by magic_beans »

donatzsky wrote: post #25
Hendrikto wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you don‘t eat carbohydrates, you don‘t need insulin, so it is no disadvantage that you cannot produce it. Calling that a remission is far fetched though.

Anecdata and all that, but I have seen quite a few reports of people overcoming their t2 diabetes through low-carb diets. Whether they were actually cured is harder to say.

They still couldn't eat a high-carb food item without seeing a drastic spike in blood sugar. So: not cured of t2, but in remission.

Re: Blood sugar patterns to master as a type 2 diabetic

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Post by jdietrich »

qwsxyh wrote: post #14
theNJR wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

More Western people should do multi day fasts. It really changes your relationship with food. Plus a million other positive things.

Yes, it changes your relationship into a disordered one. HN, the website where willingly starving yourself for days on end is not an eating disorder

I'm no fan of fad diets, but a lot of Westerners have a real problem with simply not knowing what hunger feels like.

A lot of people are so habituated to large portions and frequent snacking that they're never meaningfully hungry, just somewhere on the spectrum between "reasonably sated" and "physically incapable of ingesting another morsel". Their eating habits have fundamentally broken the connection between food and sustenance. They've lost the ability to usefully distinguish between the body's natural hunger signals and other motivations for eating like habit, boredom and emotional self-soothing.

I'm not wholly persuaded by the claims made about the health benefits of intermittent fasting, but I do think it's a potentially useful psychological experience if you have a problematic relationship with food.

Re: Blood sugar patterns to master as a type 2 diabetic

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Post by dhimes »

msiyer wrote: post #18

Type 2 diabetes is reversible. Avoiding oil, animal fats and sugar will show instant results. For better results raw fruits and vegetables are great. I have seen diabetes reverse in my mother's case. Edit: The geniuses downvoting should explain the reason.

Not downvoting, but not everybody can reverse it. For some it's linked to obesity and such, but others have a perfectly healthy body weight and still have diabetes. There seems to be quite a bit of individual variation.
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