Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Most people with type 2 diabetes are overweight and their high blood glucose is due to two main factors. One is a drop in the ability of their pancreas gland to produce insulin (which lowers blood glucose), and the other is that the tissues of the body become ?resistant? to the effect of insulin, so their blood glucose goes up.
Losing weight improves blood glucose levels in type 2 diabetes and is a central part of the treatment. In some people, especially those who have not been diabetic for long and who have been successful at getting rid of excess weight, one does sometimes see the need for diabetes medication disappear. Regular exercise boosts this potential reversibility. This seems to be due to a partial recovery of the insulin-producing power of the pancreas combined with a drop in ?insulin resistance?. Although some people who do this remain diabetes-free, this is mainly dependent on them not putting excess weight back on.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/h...s-it-possible-to-reverse-type-2-diabetes.html
Sigh! Why no mention of the other 20% - a significant number of people - who don't have weight to lose? This obsession with weight alone is maddening! Why not simply add a couple of sentences explaining that exercise and healthy diet is important to everyone and don't assume you're not at risk if you don't appear to have weight to lose? The answers here would not answer the question for my neighbour
Still, it is better than the usual blinkered guilt-trip. 🙄
Losing weight improves blood glucose levels in type 2 diabetes and is a central part of the treatment. In some people, especially those who have not been diabetic for long and who have been successful at getting rid of excess weight, one does sometimes see the need for diabetes medication disappear. Regular exercise boosts this potential reversibility. This seems to be due to a partial recovery of the insulin-producing power of the pancreas combined with a drop in ?insulin resistance?. Although some people who do this remain diabetes-free, this is mainly dependent on them not putting excess weight back on.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/h...s-it-possible-to-reverse-type-2-diabetes.html
Sigh! Why no mention of the other 20% - a significant number of people - who don't have weight to lose? This obsession with weight alone is maddening! Why not simply add a couple of sentences explaining that exercise and healthy diet is important to everyone and don't assume you're not at risk if you don't appear to have weight to lose? The answers here would not answer the question for my neighbour
Still, it is better than the usual blinkered guilt-trip. 🙄