Most people are more motivated
to lose weight than to control their type 2 diabetes (T2D). We’ve come to think
1) that being overweight or obese is a personal failure best addressed with self-discipline,
“diet and exercise,” and 2) that T2D is a medical condition that is best left
to doctors. In my opinion, both ideas are wrong. Why? Because 1) T2D is a dietary disease, and 2) obesity is also a “dietary disease, the results of a
metabolic disorder developed over a period of many years from eating the “wrong” foods”!
Has “diet and exercise” worked
for you? If not, is it because the diet and exercise program you followed
didn’t result in permanent weight loss? Could it be that the “healthy eating”
patterns recommended by the USDA/HHS, and endorsed by the AMA, AHA and ADA, are
the same ones that got us fat in the first place? Their solution is to “eat less
and move more” using the same balanced
diet, loaded with refined carbs
and sugars.
Did you really expect to
permanently lose weight without hunger eating a high-carb
diet? And did you think exercising more would not make you hungry?
Exercise is healthy, but it is not a good weight
loss strategy.
Maybe the composition of your diet
is where the problem lies. Have you considered that by just changing the macronutrient
proportions of your diet you could lose weight easily, and without
hunger? And keep it off so long as you continue to eat that way. By now
you surely must know that I am suggesting you eat a Low Carb diet. If you do,
you will
lose weight. And you can do it without hunger, and without
exercise (if you want to).
Likewise, treating type 2
diabetes as a condition that is within the purview of the medical profession is
a surefire way to assure that you
remain sick. Consider this: The Standard of Care goal of the American Diabetes
Association (ADA) is that your A1c be ≤7.0%. That means the ADA’s goal is for you to always be “diabetic” since the
threshold for diagnosis of type 2 diabetes is ≥6.5%. Your doctor will consider that you’re “in
good control” if, with quarterly tests, and
more meds as needed, you have an A1c of ≤7.0%. Wahoo!
That’s all your doctor can do in a clinical setting.
Besides, most know zilch about nutrition and what they do know is mostly wrong.
It is guided by USDA/HHS’s ChooseMyPlate.gov and ADA’s Create Your Plate. They just want
maximum reimbursement (w/o penalty) under Medicare and other insurance rules, and to do that they must advocate for the
USDA/HHS “lifestyle formulary” to eat a “plant-based diet” and “move more.”
Do you see what’s wrong with
this picture? Do you see that YOU, by making just one change, can
address both obesity and type 2 diabetes? Type 2 diabetes and obesity are both
dietary diseases! YOU can treat them both yourself.
Your doctor only sees you in the office, but YOU can manage both diseases
EVERY DAY, just by what you eat. You have a choice: let your doctor
monitor
your diseases, or YOU take control
of them.
The “dietary solution” for
weight loss (eating Low Carb) is the same “prescription” for T2D management.
You will both 1) lose weight generally but
specifically visceral fat in your liver and pancreas, thereby improving
their function and 2) lower your high blood sugar (caused by Insulin
Resistance) and improve your A1c.
If you’re a man, take a look at
these pics (Type 2 Diabetes #355, Before and After),
for how I managed to lose my “beer belly” and recently achieve an A1c of 5.0%.
By the government’s measure, I am now
“non-diabetic.”
If you’re a woman, read this Harvard Women's Health Watch article. Belly fat creates serious health risks, but
if you follow the advice to eat a Low
Carb Diet (not the same-old,
same-old establishment advice that Harvard still dishes out, you can achieve the
same result (without hunger), and TAKE AIM AT YOUR BELLY FAT.
If you go Low Carb, your doctor will be very
happy the next time the nurse weighs you in and takes your blood. The scale and
lab tests will show you made a good decision. You lost weight and improved your
blood sugar control in the same way, and YOU did it YOURSELF,
without hunger…and even without exercise (if you want).
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