I note your comment about type 1 diabetics but don’t think it’s a very complete explanation. It is possible to replace the insulin lost due to the autoimmune disorder which kills the islet cells and live a healthy life. It used to be said that type 1 diabetics were healthier. I’m speaking as a type 1 diabetic for 48 years now and have no diabetic neuropathy at all. Many type 1 diabetics appear to die of heart disease but I suspect that they have nighttime hypo attacks and have lost their ability to respond by awakening and this causes levels to drop so low that they have a heart attack. It is simply recorded as a heart attack but that is not necessarily the underlying cause. Furthermore many type 1 diabetics are also overweight and insulin resistant so, type 1 and type 2. The medical system just encourages using more and more insulin so the individual becomes more and more obese.
Thank you for these additions, and for your inspiring story.
Yes, Type II diabetes is insulin resistance, and the body pumps out more and more insulin to compensate for the fact that insulin is less and less effective. This has a lot to do with accelerating aging and increasing risk of heart disease, cancer, and especially dementia.
How does type 2 diabetes fit in? I take it, keeping your insulin low is beneficial in ways other than preventing diabetes. Is the onset of diabetes like a discontinuity in some simple more-insulin-is-worse type function? Maybe diabetes isn't even a discrete thing for all I know. Maybe it's medically defined as the level of something crossing some threshold.
I note your comment about type 1 diabetics but don’t think it’s a very complete explanation. It is possible to replace the insulin lost due to the autoimmune disorder which kills the islet cells and live a healthy life. It used to be said that type 1 diabetics were healthier. I’m speaking as a type 1 diabetic for 48 years now and have no diabetic neuropathy at all. Many type 1 diabetics appear to die of heart disease but I suspect that they have nighttime hypo attacks and have lost their ability to respond by awakening and this causes levels to drop so low that they have a heart attack. It is simply recorded as a heart attack but that is not necessarily the underlying cause. Furthermore many type 1 diabetics are also overweight and insulin resistant so, type 1 and type 2. The medical system just encourages using more and more insulin so the individual becomes more and more obese.
Thank you for these additions, and for your inspiring story.
Yes, Type II diabetes is insulin resistance, and the body pumps out more and more insulin to compensate for the fact that insulin is less and less effective. This has a lot to do with accelerating aging and increasing risk of heart disease, cancer, and especially dementia.
The hungry mice live longer.
Don't eat that first potato chip.
Do difficult things outside every day.
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I never looked at the insulin details this way, because I was always told that having more is better. But I guess the old science was wrong.
How does type 2 diabetes fit in? I take it, keeping your insulin low is beneficial in ways other than preventing diabetes. Is the onset of diabetes like a discontinuity in some simple more-insulin-is-worse type function? Maybe diabetes isn't even a discrete thing for all I know. Maybe it's medically defined as the level of something crossing some threshold.
Stop eating unnecessary carbohydrates.
What would you consider "necessary" carbohydrates?