tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7410445500476013619.post2092819113061741022..comments2024-03-27T15:56:33.818-04:00Comments on Type 2 Nutrition: The Nutrition Debate #287: Can Type 2 Diabetes Be Reversed?danbrownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00119737446791634173noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7410445500476013619.post-50271962304440782072015-02-12T16:33:19.005-05:002015-02-12T16:33:19.005-05:00It's depressing, I agree. And it's hard to...It's depressing, I agree. And it's hard to explain. I try again in #292 coming up in a couple of weeks, and provide a hopeful alternative in #293, but we're swimming against the tide and the wind and the current. Of course, the news that the 2015 Guidelines will probably drop the limitation on dietary cholesterol, which I write about in #295 to be published a week later, is good news. I do think the Titanic is turning, and there's a fleet of smaller ships (and dinghies like this blog) plying a different course, so...hang in there.. danbrownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00119737446791634173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7410445500476013619.post-76141017630792085102015-02-11T11:33:49.664-05:002015-02-11T11:33:49.664-05:00It would be a big help if doctors just understood ...It would be a big help if doctors just understood the benefits that a patient can gain with a low carb diet, and give their patients something tangible to work for. But most are given the "progressively worse" lecture and told they can be happy if they keep their A1Cs in the 6s. So that's what they try for, and true to the prediction, they get progressively worse. Jan Blawathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06697621979002856884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7410445500476013619.post-30153371555328170522015-02-11T09:02:56.011-05:002015-02-11T09:02:56.011-05:00Good morning, Brian. I was afraid a perceptive rea...Good morning, Brian. I was afraid a perceptive reader like yourself would catch the fact that a low calorie diet is also by definition a low carb diet, all things being equal (with the same macronutrient proportions). And that someone might quibble about the word "reversal." <br /><br />I agree, of course, with the quibble, which is why I wrote this piece. And while I don't like -- In fact, vehemently disagree with use of the word in this context -- it is fair to say that Type 2 diabetes can be put into remission, again for the vast majority of people (yourself, as we know, excepted).<br /><br />I have just written #293, to be published in a few weeks, about a new venture that Eric Westman is involved in. In it he says, "However, it is certain that following HEAL's Low-Carb Protocol will put almost every person with Type 2 diabetes into remission." Would you agree that that is a fair statement?danbrownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00119737446791634173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7410445500476013619.post-63469908365124249472015-02-11T08:07:20.687-05:002015-02-11T08:07:20.687-05:00I consider Roy Taylor's work to be basically w...I consider Roy Taylor's work to be basically weak science and unethically reported by the author. There have been lots of criticism of his work, but primarily I claim his severe calorie restricted diet is in fact a VLCD, so which did he show that calorie restriction or carb restriction works? We don't know. Second, I consider him irresponsible for suggesting that diabetes is reverse. He didn't show anything about reversal. I think it was a poor choice for a Banting award. No wonder we have totally stupid stuff like the US Diabetes Prevention Program which claims that people get diabetes because they are fat and lazy and that the solution is to eat a low fat calorie restricted diet.bschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09399322458049165128noreply@blogger.com