Low-Carb Diet Can Cure Type-2 Diabetes

[Visaria]

Several researchers disagree with you on this one. They claim that insulin insensitivity results in high blood sugar levels, which in turn leads to type 2 diabetes. They claim that, to reverse the situation and get rid of the type 2 diabetes, you need to make the body sensitive to insulin (i.e. restore the insulin sensitivity). Once the insulin sensitivity is restored will the blood sugar level go down and will the type 2 diabetes disappear. As a side effect will the patient also lose weight (i.e. body fat).

Yes, but losing bodyfat automatically increases insulin sensitivity! So you can lose bodyfat any way u like, whether low carb high carb whatever, this tends to burn off visceral fat first and also increases insulin sensitivity, all of which leads to no more Type II diabetes.

 

[Frederick Foresight]

I love my carbs. But two things should be kept in mind. The first thing is that there should be an intelligent balance of macronutrients in a dietary regimen. Like most things in life, it's all about balance. The second thing is that carbs are a lot like TA: there's some good stuff that falls under its umbrella but there's also a lot of crap. It pays to avoid the crap. There's a lot of stuff that falls under the carb category that shouldn't even qualify as food. A good rule of thumb is to avoid carbs that don't have all of their naturally-occurring fiber.

 

[El OchoCinco]

First we have to clear some bad assumptions:

1. NO ONE said Zero Carbs

2. It has been repeated several times Fruits and Vegetables so it was already said that fibrous carbs are part of a healthy diet.

3. Protein and Fat do not raise blood sugar. Eat a sterak and test your blood sugar...eat a bowl of spaghetti and test your blood sugar. Sugar or non fibrous veg/fruits and carbs raise blood sugar levels and repeated spikes causes insensitivity which leads to pre-TYPE 2 diabetes symptoms and eventually Type 2. Reducing sugar intake is how your body can hopefully re-regulate its insulin reaction and reverse the issue.

4. THIS THREAD is addressing Type 2 diabetes. If you have Type 2 diabetes and think you can continue eating sugars and non-fibrous carbs as always, then it is not hard to understand how one got Type 2 to begin with.

This is not a carb debate thread, this is about Type 2 diabetes.

Also the science and nutrition has been clear for some time what leads to insulin insensitivity.

Also the statement that a high carb diet to lose weight will improve Type 2 diabetes is not fully accurate. Losing weight does not reverse Type 2, changing your diet does. If you keep your diet the same and simply reduce calories you can lose weight but that does not address insulin metabolic syndrome. Skinny people can get Type 2, it is about insulin sensitivity over time, not just something for fat people. Most people who lose weight to reverse Type 2 often cut out sugars and similar glycemic foods and improve fiber intake.

People who exercise regularly improve insulin sensitivity because it forces more insulin creation to shuttle glucose to your muscles. This is why many people with poor diets but work out regularly usually don't get Type 2 until they stop working out in their 50s.

Every diabetic I have known (type 2) has told me the same thing when I asked about diet, they had to cut back on sugars. Not fibrous carbs or most fruits, but sugar and simple starches.

 

[Visaria]

First we have to clear some bad assumptions:

1. NO ONE said Zero Carbs

2. It has been repeated several times Fruits and Vegetables so it was already said that fibrous carbs are part of a healthy diet.

3. Protein and Fat do not raise blood sugar. Eat a sterak and test your blood sugar...eat a bowl of spaghetti and test your blood sugar. Sugar or non fibrous veg/fruits and carbs raise blood sugar levels and repeated spikes causes insensitivity which leads to pre-TYPE 2 diabetes symptoms and eventually Type 2. Reducing sugar intake is how your body can hopefully re-regulate its insulin reaction and reverse the issue.

4. THIS THREAD is addressing Type 2 diabetes. If you have Type 2 diabetes and think you can continue eating sugars and non-fibrous carbs as always, then it is not hard to understand how one got Type 2 to begin with.

This is not a carb debate thread, this is about Type 2 diabetes.

Also the science and nutrition has been clear for some time what leads to insulin insensitivity.

Also the statement that a high carb diet to lose weight will improve Type 2 diabetes is not fully accurate. Losing weight does not reverse Type 2, changing your diet does. If you keep your diet the same and simply reduce calories you can lose weight but that does not address insulin metabolic syndrome. Skinny people can get Type 2, it is about insulin sensitivity over time, not just something for fat people. Most people who lose weight to reverse Type 2 often cut out sugars and similar glycemic foods and improve fiber intake.

People who exercise regularly improve insulin sensitivity because it forces more insulin creation to shuttle glucose to your muscles. This is why many people with poor diets but work out regularly usually don't get Type 2 until they stop working out in their 50s.

Every diabetic I have known (type 2) has told me the same thing when I asked about diet, they had to cut back on sugars. Not fibrous carbs or most fruits, but sugar and simple starches.

Lots of incorrect info there mate.

Protein can and does raise blood glucose levels.

Repeated insulin spikes do not cause insensitivity. In fact, healthy people (e.g. non diabetes) have loads of repeated spikes.

Reducing sugar intake does not cure diabetes. Eating lots of sugar doesn't give you diabetes either.

Losing weight might not cure diabetes, losing fat (and putting some muscle) does.

People who have crap diets and stop working out usually gain fat and lose muscle which leads to metabolic syndrome diseases e.g. diabetes.

I'm an ex diabetic. I lost a ton of bodyfat, put a bit of muscle on and diabetes is gone.

 

[Frederick Foresight]

While I agree that, for the most part, it's about calories in vs. calories out, I think it's a good thing to keep blood glucose levels on the steadier side. Insulin spikes might not make you fat (overeating does that), but they encourage fat storage. Insulin inhibits the breakdown of fat cells and stimulates the creation of body fat. So I think it's a good thing to avoid insulin spikes. In any event good carbs have naturally occurring fiber, which blunts the insulin response.

 

[wjk]

When type-2 diabetes patients follow a low carbohydrate diet for a year, they lose an average of 13 kilos (28 lbs), increase their insulin sensitivity and drastically reduce their use of medicines. After that year may sometimes even completely abandon their medication. American researchers report this in Diabetes Therapy.

Study
The researchers collected a group of 349 people with type-2 diabetes. The study participants were allowed to choose their treatment: Usual Care [nothing special], or Continuous Care Intervention [a year-long low carbohydrate diet].

Results
Although the study participants were allowed to eat as much as they wanted, the typical low-carbohydrate participant lost about 13 kilos of body weight. Because the subjects weighed 116 kilos on average before the diet began, this weight reduction was not enough to achieve a healthy weight. But with weight loss of this order, you can expect diabetics to significantly reduce their use of medicine. [PLoS One. 2012;7(2):e32395.]

The low-carbohydrate diet reduced the HbA1c concentration in the subjects' blood. The lower this value, the greater the sensitivity to insulin.

In the subjects in the control group, the sensitivity to insulin did not improve.

As you would expect with such nice results, most participants in the low-carbohydrate group were able reduce their medication use. This also happened with the diabetics who had to use insulin.

Conclusion
"This study demonstrated that a type-2 diabetes intervention combining technology-enabled continuous remote care with individualized care plans encouraging nutritional ketosis can significantly reduce HbA1c, medication use, and weight within 70 days, and that these outcomes can be maintained or improved through 1 year", the researchers noted.

"Most intervention participants [..] reported at 1 year achieved glycemic control in the sub-diabetes range with either no medication or the use of metformin alone. Related health parameters improved including blood pressure, lipid-lipoprotein profile, inflammation, and liver function."

"Ongoing research will determine the continued sustainability, effectiveness, and safety of these behavioral and metabolic changes."

Source: Diabetes Ther. 2018 Feb 7. doi: 10.1007/s13300-018-0373-9.

What are your thoughts on this diet? Seems like there may be similarities...maybe more of a controlled type of carb diet than strictly low, but interesting anyway.

https://dietofhope.org/

I know someone on this diet, and they are getting good results.

 

[HobbyTrading]

What are your thoughts on this diet? Seems like there may be similarities...maybe more of a controlled type of carb diet than strictly low, but interesting anyway.

https://dietofhope.org/

I know someone on this diet, and they are getting good results.

I can't really see on his website how this diet is structured, what it entails.
Funny to see how he had to modify his biography on his website:

A native of Germany, Dr. Gann graduated with a degree in clinical medicine from the University of Tuebingen in Berlin with summa c** laude.

 

[wjk]

I'll have to pick my relative's brain some more. I didn't realize Gann's site wasn't more detailed. I know that my relative tells me that he has to limit certain types of carbs, and counts his carbs in units (I think his unit is 15g).

I joke with him about the "diet of hope". I tell him that it's called that because he hopes his wife doesn't catch him cheating on the diet (beer and chips, for example)!

He really has lost a lot of weight, though. I'll provided more details next week after I get a chance to talk to him again. I would be remiss not to wonder if this particular doctor is a trader, and uses a certain technical market indicator.

 

[Baron]

Yeah, I was going to say the same thing. I can't really tell what the diet is based upon that website.

 

[Visaria]

While I agree that, for the most part, it's about calories in vs. calories out, I think it's a good thing to keep blood glucose levels on the steadier side. Insulin spikes might not make you fat (overeating does that), but they encourage fat storage. Insulin inhibits the breakdown of fat cells and stimulates the creation of body fat. So I think it's a good thing to avoid insulin spikes. In any event good carbs have naturally occurring fiber, which blunts the insulin response.

Incorrect knowledge of insulin and its role.

Try this:

https://weightology.net/insulin-an-undeserved-bad-reputation/