Can you imagine reversing diabetes?

PreciousDove said:
This is for those that have this condition or just would be interested in this article..
I hope this proves helpful..
Maybe you just have an opinion.

I have an appt soon with my doctor and will telling her about this.



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Good luck with your appointment, @PreciousDove! Diabetes is an insidious disease. There are forums on the Internet with information about diabetes. You probably could get more information there.
 
I was diagnosed with T2 mid-Covid pandemic and they haven't managed to get it under control yet as the medication did not suit me and caused awful symptoms so I decided not to take it anymore and to manage my condition through diet and lifestyle. Bought a couple of books written by Dr. Jason Fung as he advocates intermittent fasting, which I already do. I have to say I feel better since implementing some of his suggestions and also my blood pressure has come down so I'm happy about that, and have set my mind to reverse my own T2 diabetes by the end of the year.

I hope your appointment goes well @PreciousDove and that you too are able to kick this thing into reverse 🤗
 
A fair number of people have reversed diabetes as well as cardio vascular disease by eating plant based diets. Internet searches will reveal that it's not uncommon.

Adding excess poundage to our bodies puts humans at high risk for diabetes. Removing that weight helps restore us to good health.
 
StarSong said:
A fair number of people have reversed diabetes as well as cardio vascular disease by eating plant based diets. Internet searches will reveal that it's not uncommon.

Adding excess poundage to our bodies puts humans at high risk for diabetes. Removing that weight helps restore us to good health.
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" Removing that weight helps restore us to good health."


Did you read my post ? Or do you have me on ignore as well ?

60 pounds lost and no improvement ?

I have reached the conclusion that conventional wisdom isn't so wise.
 
rgp said:
" Removing that weight helps restore us to good health."


Did you read my post ? Or do you have me on ignore as well ?

60 pounds lost and no improvement ?

I have reached the conclusion that conventional wisdom isn't so wise.
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I do not have you on ignore, @rgp. My post said that a fair number of people have found that weight loss and improved diet CAN improve health and diabetes. Unfortunately, it's not a lock solid guarantee.

I'm sincerely sorry that the loss of 60 pounds didn't improve your diabetes.
 
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My wife was one of the lucky ones. She was able to reverse her diabetes. By reversing her type 2 diabetes I mean she is on no medication, her fasting glucose is usually in the 80's, A1c is 4.9-5.0. Our doctor only tests for these things annually and in fact has told her she no longer has it. We have changed our diet in general, but she does eat what ever she wants.

I can go into more detail what we/she did if any wants to know. She did lose some weight initially, but our change in diet is most likely what got her to where she is now. People are different though. One person can get diabetes and only be 10 lbs overweight and another won't get it at all and be 100lbs over. Some people do well on a keto diet, some don't. Some do well on a plant diet. I eat a vegan diet, my wife now eats a vegetarian diet but mostly it's vegan. We are not keto.

@rgp, losing 60lb will be beneficial to you even though it didn't reverse your diabetes. I've seen the horrors of vascular damage from type 2 in some of my wife's relatives, if one can avoid or minimize the damage it, it's worth the effort.
 
rgp said:
yeah they told me that if I lost just 10 pounds it would make a huge difference.

So, OK ...... I lost 60 pounds ...... hasn't changed a thing.
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I feel your pain, rgp. I gained 60 excess pounds when I quit smoking in 1993. I've lost all 60 pounds at least five different times. One time it was a low-fat diet, one time low-carb, several times through calorie counting only, and the last time was intermittent fasting while eating a 1200 calorie slightly low-carb method.

I don't have diabetes, although I eat tons of sweets when I'm not dieting, but I do have high blood pressure and that never changed. My doctor has given me 3 different drugs for it and none have lowered my blood pressure at all. I had plenty of awful side effects though.

Conventional wisdom says if you give up sugar for a while you'll lose your taste for it. I guess a year wasn't enough time for me.

Conventional wisdom says if you're gaining the weight back you must have gone back to your old bad habits. I always start regaining at about 13 months while sticking to the 1200 calorie a day plan.

I've had so many judgmental remarks about my weight, almost as many as all the people who tell me my leg wont get well if I keep using that cane. They had a knee replacement so they figure I've had one.

Every new birthday takes me closer to my "life expectancy date" and lately I ask myself if I want to spend my final years being hungry.
 
John cycling said:
It's easy to get rid of diabetes as well as many other conditions, but not by going to quacks
whose personal enrichment depends on lying to you, making you sick, and eventually killing you.
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Please define your idea of a "Quack" in the care and treatment of diabetics?
 
Timewise 60+ said:
Please define your idea of a "Quack" in the care and treatment of diabetics?
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One accurate definition: 'health care providers' who put individuals on painkillers to 'treat' nerve pain.. it may relieve pain, but while the nerves continue to deteriorate and eventually die, putting the individuals at risk of surgical procedures or even amputation.
 
Janice you're too polite to ever butt in.

I'm not though!

It's my understanding that John cycling thinks all professional doctors are quacks just trying to make money by putting pieces of toxic metals in our veins through vaccinations and poisonous drugs!

John's probably right in some cases, but I feel like I have to trust someone so I go with my young local doctor, who at least listens to me and trusts me when I say something made me sicker or didn't help, like with all the blood pressure meds we tried.

I'm sorry It took this off topic with my personal peeves. I do think diabetes is one of the diseases most responsive to life style changes and some people can get well through diet.
 
JaniceM said:
Sorry, didn't mean to butt into you guys' postings.
Just thought I should mention it because too many people really don't know.
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I have been on a few chronic pain zoom meetings, and 1/2 the people have it because of diabetes. It is an important warning because chronic pain is almost impossible to cure. If you are flirting with the edge of obesity or diabetes, I would take this warning seriously.
 
Yes, but I consider it controlling, not necessarily reversing. I have a friend who did it and so did my son. They both did so by changing their eating habits. My son only slightly because although he fasts like it's nothing (sometimes for several days at a time), he does love sweets like me. He refused to take the Metformin prescribed when he was diagnosed. His A1C went down from 8 (mine has never been that high and I've been diabetic for years) to a 5.8 so the doctor assumed he was taking the pills. Then he told him he hadn't even filled the prescription. I wish my will power was a strong as his but it isn't. (sigh) :sneaky:
 
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"Reversing" implies "Cure." There is no cure. There is "Control."
"Cure" means a diabetic can eat a banana split & have normal blood sugar in 2 hours. I'd have to see it to believe it.
I was told if I lost weight, my diabetes would go away. I changed my diet & lost the 90 lbs I'd gained over the years & my blood sugar became normal - for 3 years & then skyrocketed into the 400's & 500's & I had to start using insulin.
It was not the weight loss that improved my blood sugar for those 3 years; it was the healthier diet that restricted processed carbohydrate (bread, pasta, chips, anything made with flour or corn).
I control by limiting processed carbs to reduce my need for insulin (which can cause weight gain through fat storage). But "Cure?" I'd like to see it. :)
 
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Diagnosed with diabetes @ 19 years. Insulin injection daily, followed the diabetes diet and lost 20 lbs, resulting in "sugar lows" (ie shakes). The doctor suggested "diet only control". Except for pregnancies, it was diet control until 5 years ago (@ age 70+.) Now it is injection at breakfast and at evening meal. I walk 3 miles daily (reason for having Flash, the dog), diet of no sugar, low sodium, low cholesterol and minimal fat. Between you, me and the fencepost, I am surprised that there are no adverse "side effects" after almost 60 years of diabetes.
 

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