Is it really possible to cure type 2 diabetes with diet and
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Yes and no. They don't mean cured, they mean something closer to "control with diet." Cured would mean being able to go back to eating crap and have your blood sugar unaffected. Let's say I'm a person without diabetes...I could go two years eating crap and gaining weight and my blood sugar would probably be unaffected. Because I don't have diabetes. Yet. Since you have diabetes, losing weight and eating well might well make it seem as if the diabetes is gone. You'll be able to have some lapses in diet without your blood sugar changing.
However, if you go back to your old habits, it will come back. That's why I wouldn't say "cured."
But that's still a hell of a payoff for losing weight and changing your diet!0 -
There is a really good book by Sandra Cabot called Reverse Type 2 Diabetes Naturally (or something along those lines). It basically calls for a no carb no sugar diet over a certian period whereby your cells become sensitive to insulin again. I dont have diabetes but I was told a year ago that if my fasting glucose was higher by a couple of points i would be considered diabetic. I tried a low carb (basically carb only from vegetables) and no fruit for over 6 months. Last time I did my blood test i was told that its now considered normal. I am not sure how well this would work for someone who has diabetes but I think its good to read the book.
Oh and also the Australian biggest loser, there was a guy on it who was diabetic and when they did the "where are they now" episode he was saying that he was off his meds due to the positive effect of diet and exercise, so I think its possible.
Good luck!0 -
I was diagnosed as pre-diabetic entering into full blown diabetes, and the doctor was getting ready to put me on insulin therapy in 2003. I am now free of any diabetic symptoms, and my blood sugar is not only completely normal, it actually runs a little low sometimes now. I am proof that it can be done.
Mary Ann
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Well written and informative. Thank you and congratulations on your successes.0
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A good diet is important for a person diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. I would recommend you to try a type 2 diabetes diet (http://healthymamainfo.com/2013/02/natural-cures-diabetes/). This are planned specially for type 2 diagnosed people. My dad almost lost 17 pounds on it in last 11 months.0
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Type 2 diabetes develops when the body can still make some insulin, but not enough, or when the insulin that is produced
does not work properly (known as insulin resistance).
Insulin acts as a key unlocking the cells, so if there is not enough insulin, or it is not working properly, the cells are only partially
unlocked (or not at all) and glucose builds up in the blood. Type 2 diabetes usually appears in people over the age of 40, though in South Asian and black people, who are at greater risk, it often appears from the age of 25. It is also becoming more common in children, adolescents and young people of all ethnicities.
Type 2 diabetes accounts for approximately 90 per cent of all people with diabetes and is treated with a healthy diet and increased physical activity. In addition to this, medication and/or insulin is often required.
Although diabetes cannot yet be cured it can be managed very successfully. This is likely to involve lifestyle changes that will have enormous health benefits and allow you to continue your normal day-to-day life.
The aim of managing your diabetes is to keep your blood glucose, blood pressure and blood fat levels as close to target as possible. This will also help reduce the risk of long-term complications.
Type 2 diabetes is a progressive condition and over time it may be that following a healthy eating plan and being physically active is not enough to control blood glucose levels. If this happens, your diabetes healthcare team may advise you to start or change medication. Some people with Type 2 diabetes will also need to take insulin to help control their blood glucose levels.
That said, I know from personal experience that clients of mine have reduced or even eliminated their need for medication by losing weight and/or through following a sensible eating and physical activity plan.
I hope that you find this information useful. Feel free to add me as a friend if you wish.
Mark Green
Personal Trainer, Exercise Referral Instructor and
Specialist Exercise Instructor (Diabetes and Obesity Management) REPs Level 4
Based in Bristol, UK
^^ This
Thank you for medical fact.
I was going to post something similar.0 -
Absolutely it is. I am a medical student and people get rid of their diabetes all the time. As long as your pancreas is still making insulin, you are fine. Excess body fat is correlated with excess circulating insulin. Insulin works to remove glucose from your blood and send it into cells. After a while, your tissues become resistant to this constant high level of insulin. As a result, you cannot pull glucose out of your blood and into your cells. In order to remove the glucose from your blood, your pancreas (beta-cells) secrete more and more insulin. Eventually, the beta-cells secreting insulin sort of burn-out and fail to produce insulin. At this point, you require outside insulin (injections). You can prevent this however, by increasing sensitivity to insulin. Metformin works by increasing insulin sensitivity in peripheral tissues. Another way to do this (or in combination) is to lose weight. Exercise and caloric restriction have been shown to increase insulin sensitivity. If you are dedicated to this site, restrict calories, and importantly, exercise, you will decrease fat, and increase insulin sensitivity (decrease resistance). When this occurs, your pancreas will not have to produce as much insulin and effectively, be saved! Hope this helps and good luck!0
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I am not diabetic, but I intend not to be. My mom was a type one diabetic dependent on insulin for 41 years from age 26 until her horrible, horrible diabetic death at age 68. Diabetics do not live on insulin for longer than 40 years as the needed insulin destroys their body as it helps them.
Not true. I have several family members with Type 1 who have been on insulin for more than 40 years with no attempts by the insulin they are taking to destroy their bodies. They have very few health problems except those similar to others of advancing age.
Type 1 is an incurable disease that must be managed with insulin and careful diet. Type 2 can be controlled by diet only, however I'm doubtful it can be cured.0 -
I really want to knock on wood before I write this but I am just going to tell you what I have seen in my own daily readings over the month. At the beginning of December my doctor doubled my does of Metforman. That went the way it went for two months and my daily readings did not respond at all. In fact if anything they got worse. Then at the end of January I was put on a second med called Gluberide. I was to start with a half of a pill in with the first meal of the day and then a second half with the last meal. After 10 days or so I was to go to full pills in place of the half pills.
Now on that very next day I had to see a different doctor who had to put me on prednisone for 10 days. Prednisone raises your blood sugar. So that same day I kicked of this current "what the hell is wrong with me" journey and started a walking regiment. At the same time I really cut back on carbs. I love carbs and for sure they fit my preferred food group. Now even on the prednisone I started seeing my daily readings coming down just a little. Then once the prednisone was done it was like three or maybe four days later and my glucose readings was great. Now I am still taking the Metforman and the half pill of Gluberide in the morning and afternoon but I have had readings as low as 80 and not one that I can remember over 129. That is great for me as I was having readings of like 295 or so. In that same amount of time I lost about 20lbs while doing the walking so I am really encouraged with what I am seeing.
I don't know that it can ever be cured but two different doctors have told me that losing some weight and getting some exercise can maybe get me off the meds.0 -
Type 2 diabetes develops when the body can still make some insulin, but not enough, or when the insulin that is produced
does not work properly (known as insulin resistance).
Insulin acts as a key unlocking the cells, so if there is not enough insulin, or it is not working properly, the cells are only partially
unlocked (or not at all) and glucose builds up in the blood. Type 2 diabetes usually appears in people over the age of 40, though in South Asian and black people, who are at greater risk, it often appears from the age of 25. It is also becoming more common in children, adolescents and young people of all ethnicities.
Type 2 diabetes accounts for approximately 90 per cent of all people with diabetes and is treated with a healthy diet and increased physical activity. In addition to this, medication and/or insulin is often required.
Although diabetes cannot yet be cured it can be managed very successfully. This is likely to involve lifestyle changes that will have enormous health benefits and allow you to continue your normal day-to-day life.
The aim of managing your diabetes is to keep your blood glucose, blood pressure and blood fat levels as close to target as possible. This will also help reduce the risk of long-term complications.
Type 2 diabetes is a progressive condition and over time it may be that following a healthy eating plan and being physically active is not enough to control blood glucose levels. If this happens, your diabetes healthcare team may advise you to start or change medication. Some people with Type 2 diabetes will also need to take insulin to help control their blood glucose levels.
That said, I know from personal experience that clients of mine have reduced or even eliminated their need for medication by losing weight and/or through following a sensible eating and physical activity plan.
I hope that you find this information useful. Feel free to add me as a friend if you wish.
Mark Green
Personal Trainer, Exercise Referral Instructor and
Specialist Exercise Instructor (Diabetes and Obesity Management) REPs Level 4
Based in Bristol, UK
The problem is not that you don't have enough insulin. This is a common misconception. You have too much insulin circulating, conferring resistance in peripheral tissues via receptor downregulation (GLUT4 receptor). Most importantly, exercise can increase GLUT4 receptors, allowing your insulin work effectively. With sufficient time exercising and decrease in fat, you can cause a decrease in insulin secretion, saving your beta-cells from potential burn-out.
Kevin Barrette
Boston University School of Medicine0 -
Yes. If I may recommend watching "Forks over Knives", "Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead", and/or the HBO series "Weight of the Nation" all 3 of these explicitly discuss diet in relation to disease and doctors weigh in on there opinions and expertise. In addition I currently work as a biologists and specialize in human disease research and I truly believe on a scientific basis that diet can cure illness including Type II Diabetes.0
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Can't cure it, but can control it.
I currently train a client who is Type II diabetic. Started at a weight of 360. Now down to 280. We've stalled for some time now so I'm asking that he visit an endocrinologist because though his insulin dosage has been significantly reduced, I believe it may be the reason we've stalled for awhile. Hopefully after his visit, the endocrinologist will say he doesn't need it anymore. All this in less than a year's time.
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Type 2 diabetes develops when the body can still make some insulin, but not enough, or when the insulin that is produced
does not work properly (known as insulin resistance).
Insulin acts as a key unlocking the cells, so if there is not enough insulin, or it is not working properly, the cells are only partially
unlocked (or not at all) and glucose builds up in the blood. Type 2 diabetes usually appears in people over the age of 40, though in South Asian and black people, who are at greater risk, it often appears from the age of 25. It is also becoming more common in children, adolescents and young people of all ethnicities.
Type 2 diabetes accounts for approximately 90 per cent of all people with diabetes and is treated with a healthy diet and increased physical activity. In addition to this, medication and/or insulin is often required.
Although diabetes cannot yet be cured it can be managed very successfully. This is likely to involve lifestyle changes that will have enormous health benefits and allow you to continue your normal day-to-day life.
The aim of managing your diabetes is to keep your blood glucose, blood pressure and blood fat levels as close to target as possible. This will also help reduce the risk of long-term complications.
Type 2 diabetes is a progressive condition and over time it may be that following a healthy eating plan and being physically active is not enough to control blood glucose levels. If this happens, your diabetes healthcare team may advise you to start or change medication. Some people with Type 2 diabetes will also need to take insulin to help control their blood glucose levels.
That said, I know from personal experience that clients of mine have reduced or even eliminated their need for medication by losing weight and/or through following a sensible eating and physical activity plan.
I hope that you find this information useful. Feel free to add me as a friend if you wish.
Mark Green
Personal Trainer, Exercise Referral Instructor and
Specialist Exercise Instructor (Diabetes and Obesity Management) REPs Level 4
Based in Bristol, UK
The problem is not that you don't have enough insulin. This is a common misconception. You have too much insulin circulating, conferring resistance in peripheral tissues via receptor downregulation (GLUT4 receptor). Most importantly, exercise can increase GLUT4 receptors, allowing your insulin work effectively. With sufficient time exercising and decrease in fat, you can cause a decrease in insulin secretion, saving your beta-cells from potential burn-out.
Kevin Barrette
Boston University School of Medicine
Thank you.
I perused the first post too quickly.0 -
Thank you for your post -- I am just beginning with the ETL plan with Dr. Fuhrman. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Like what are you eating for breakfast. Do you include eggs or are you strictly following the plan?
Thanks,
Lisa0 -
I'm a Huge believer that any diseases is curable, 90% of the diseases we are seeing are acquired through our lives.
I believe that diabetes is curable, with a understanding how the body works and a vegan/raw lifestyle, you would say goodbye to diabetes.
You definitely read on Dr. Joel Furhman, he has great books on health.
Dr Neal Bernard, has a book about reversing diabetes:http://www.nealbarnard.org/books/
Check out:There Is a Cure for Diabetes, Revised Edition: The 21-Day+ Holistic Recovery Program Paperback
by Gabriel Cousens M.D
There is tons of info on curing diabetes and Yes it can be done!0
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