Need help for my daughter - High Insulin

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  • lorrpb
    lorrpb Posts: 11,463 Member
    midwesterner85 wrote: »
    yarwell wrote: »
    toadhunter911 wrote: »
    YOU CAN NOT REVERSE OR CURE DIABETES!

    "Reversing Type 2 Diabetes
    Our work has shown that type 2 diabetes is not inevitably progressive and life-long. We have demonstrated that in people who have had type 2 diabetes for 4 years or less, major weight loss returns insulin secretion to normal."

    http://www.ncl.ac.uk/magres/research/diabetes/reversal.htm

    Many (not all) type 2 diabetics can eliminate symptoms entirely by returning to a healthy weight. Does that count as "reversing" diabetes? It depends on who you ask. I've heard the argument that if someone is required to stay at a healthy weight in order to prevent recurrence of type 2 diabetes, then that means they are essentially treating type 2 with diet and exercise. Personally, I disagree with that point and find myself annoyed by those who complain that they it is so difficult to prevent obesity-related health conditions that preventing obesity itself is akin to treating a disease.

    The OP has not provided enough information for us to understand exactly what is happening, though, and I'm unclear why the OP's daughter is finding it hard to lose weight. While I'm fully aware of the difficulty of losing weight with high levels of insulin (I'm a double diabetic myself and have both the education and experience to discuss these topics intelligently), it isn't clear exactly how the dr. determined that the OP's daughter is producing a high level of insulin, whether the root cause is insulin resistance, over-active alpha cells, or if beta cells are over-active independently of those other factors. Knowing the root cause is important because the advice to give could be complete opposites depending upon what is causing the issue. In fact, the wrong advice in this case could quickly lead to hypoglycemia and possibly even death.

    So here is my advice for OP's daughter: See an endocrinologist. Do not rely upon a general practice doctor because this is very complicated and high risk.

    My point exactly, even if I didn't word it as clearly as you did. Thanks.

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