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
#2One of the most important parts of diet we fail to educate the public on is glycemic index vs glycemic load. Index is essentially the raw score for how drastically a particular food will raise blood sugar. Glycemic load looks at the totality of what one eats then predicts what the effect of one's blood sugar will be. For example eating sugar with fat will spike blood sugar less than simply eating sugar.
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Re: Blood sugar patterns to master as a type 2 diabetic
#3One of the most important parts of diet we fail to educate the public on is glycemic index vs glycemic load. Index is essentially the raw score for how drastically a particular food will raise blood sugar. Glycemic load looks at the totality of what one eats then predicts what the effect of one's blood sugar will be. For example eating sugar with fat will spike blood sugar less than simply eating sugar. Further readi…
> For example eating sugar with fat will spike blood sugar less than simply eating sugar.
You mean chocolate bar or any dessert.
Re: Blood sugar patterns to master as a type 2 diabetic
#4One of the most important parts of diet we fail to educate the public on is glycemic index vs glycemic load. Index is essentially the raw score for how drastically a particular food will raise blood sugar. Glycemic load looks at the totality of what one eats then predicts what the effect of one's blood sugar will be. For example eating sugar with fat will spike blood sugar less than simply eating sugar. Further readi…
Glycemic Load = GI * carbohydrates (g) ÷ 100. Accordingly, the GL in the example would only decrease if fat replaced some of the sugar. GL does not consider the totality of food intake but can be calculated for individual foods. (https://www.gisymbol.com/what-about-glycemic-load/)
What you are referring to may be the glycemic response, which, apart from GL, also depends on the intake of fat and protein among other things. Adding fat and protein does indeed reduce the glycemic response:
"It is generally accepted that adding fat and protein to carbohydrate reduces glycemic responses by delaying gastric emptying and stimulating insulin secretion (1,2). These effects have a number of possible implications for human nutrition, such as supporting the role of high protein or high fat diets in the management of diabetes (3,4) or being a source of criticism for the application of the glycemic index to mixed meals (1,5)." https://academic.oup.com/jn/article/136/10/2506/4746688
Re: Blood sugar patterns to master as a type 2 diabetic
#5One of the most important parts of diet we fail to educate the public on is glycemic index vs glycemic load. Index is essentially the raw score for how drastically a particular food will raise blood sugar. Glycemic load looks at the totality of what one eats then predicts what the effect of one's blood sugar will be. For example eating sugar with fat will spike blood sugar less than simply eating sugar. Further readi…
> For example eating sugar with fat will spike blood sugar less than simply eating sugar. You mean chocolate bar or any dessert.
Or milk.
Re: Blood sugar patterns to master as a type 2 diabetic
#6Watch YouTube videos by Dr Jason Fung. He cures type 2 diabetes with diet.
Re: Blood sugar patterns to master as a type 2 diabetic
#7Watch YouTube videos by Dr Jason Fung. He cures type 2 diabetes with diet.
I read it once and the part of what causing Type 2 Diabetes seems reasonable to me, however his advocate for extended fasting (namely, 36h+) sounds too aggressive.
Re: Blood sugar patterns to master as a type 2 diabetic
#8Watch YouTube videos by Dr Jason Fung. He cures type 2 diabetes with diet.
In fact, this article mentions these!
One thing that is worth noting: A number of well-referenced studies you can find on pubmed show that some 80% of people with type 2 diabetes who are also overweight or obese would be asymptomatic if they reduced their weight.
Re: Blood sugar patterns to master as a type 2 diabetic
#9Watch YouTube videos by Dr Jason Fung. He cures type 2 diabetes with diet.
I read it once and the part of what causing Type 2 Diabetes seems reasonable to me, however his advocate for extended fasting (namely, 36h+) sounds too aggressive.
More Western people should do multi day fasts. It really changes your relationship with food. Plus a million other positive things.
Re: Blood sugar patterns to master as a type 2 diabetic
#10There was a small study giving oral carnosine (2g/d) to participants to study whether "carnosine supplementation in individuals with overweight or obesity improves diabetes and cardiovascular risk factors".
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/oby.21434
The supplement has been readily available for years, has anyone here had good experiences with it?