A diabetes nurse once said to me , “you have to consider the fact, diabetes is a progressive disease” So, is it, well yes and no. OK what kind of answer is that I hear you say ! Well let’s consider a few things, let’s look at type two diabetes.
Most of us have severe beta cell depletion. It is estimated by the boffins, at diagnosis we are often down to around 50% of our beta cells. Over time the situation could get worse. Does this mean we will progress to diabetic complications ? No way. Diabetic complications come about by running high BG numbers. Why should we run high BG numbers, no reason I can see. With our low carb regime set firmly in place, a little bit of insulin, if required, should keep us on the right track.
What about type ones ? Well in many ways it is a very different disease. Sure blood glucose has to be controlled, but they have injected insulin. Yeah, well that is true, but injected insulin is not a get out of jail free card. Insulin is essential to our lives, no insulin, and we are on the way to boot hill, but too much, can be just as dangerous.
Some insulin users think they can eat what they like, and can cover carbs with insulin. This is true, but what are the draw backs ? Well, there are many draw backs, but tonight I will focus on one. Type one diabetics can become highly insulin resistant, just like us type two’s. It is known as double diabetes and just like the description or term sounds, it can be double the grief.
Keep carbs and medication to an absolute minimum, if you want to stay slim, healthy and complication free.
Eddie
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8 comments:
I agree it makes sense to me to keep carbs low it can only help to keep your medication low.
Joe
Well said Eddie - so simple why don't most HCPs think of it and save lots of money - not to mention the human cost - needless misery and heartache for many diabetics.
I agree - but since when did common sense and diabetes seem to coincide in the NHS???
Yes me too - but since when did common sense and diabetes seem to coincide in the NHS?
Sue
Common sense is a must but to try and force people to accept you and your ways of controlling your diabetes by intimidation, threats, warnings and taking the mickey out of them is by no means using common sense.
I agree that every diabetic has to use common sense and reduce their carb intake but I hope no one will ever be loose their common sense and follow the dangerous route of extreme low-carb route you have taken which in reality doesn't seem to have helped your clogged up arteries whereby you had no choice but to go through an angio-plasty. Common sense is that if you eat loads of fat, it will clog up your arteries and if people follow your advice they too will end up on the operation table just like you did and probably die of an heart attack just like your overweight hero Atkins did.
It's about time you used your own advice and see (common) sense that the advice you are giving people is very dangerous and the way you go about it is nothing but bullying, almost like a dictator.
AN old "friend". ;-)
Just realised you have to approve my post before you publish it, I suppose I have wasted my time writing it because knowing you, you will never allow what I wrote to be read by others......just like you hated being critised on DUK so much so that it lead to you and your "sock-puppets" all being kicked off the forum. If I ever meet that guy who played the most part in getting rid of you, the drinks for the whole night are on me.
Just catching up with some of the excellent articles on this blog.
If you low carb we know it helps keep medication low.
Just makes sense to me
You can not cure diabetes but you can keep it at bay and if you low carb the bg numbers can stay low, isn't this what diabetics should aim for? The lower the better.
Glen
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