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Just diagnosed and put on meds. my doctor is saying this condition isn't reversible, should I take that as gospel?
Type 2 Diabetes reversible?
is reversible the right term? i don't think it's possible to reset the carb tolerance. it seems it's more like controlling it, similar to the treatment for alcoholism. an alcoholic is an alcoholic, but can learn to deal with his disease and thereby avoid the bad outcomes.
<--- just what i gleaned from reading up on it online a while back
is reversible the right term? i don't think it's possible to reset the carb tolerance. it seems it's more like controlling it, similar to the treatment for alcoholism. an alcoholic is an alcoholic, but can learn to deal with his disease and thereby avoid the bad outcomes.
<--- just what i gleaned from reading up on it online a while back
This really isn't accurate.
Thanks again for all the inputs....hopeful and scared
Yes, My doctor put my wife on a diabetic type diet for other reasons.
http://drrosedale.com/
he had he go on Dr. Rosedale's diet. It's like a lot of other low carb diets. In his book he lists specific food to eat and what to avoid if you are lost.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pjkC71exKU
Enjoy.
I've come to learn most doctors are idiots. Never take what they say as gospel. Always do your own research as it's your body and in your best interest to!
Corticosteroids raise blood sugar period.
Is reversing diabetes possible? Does an alcoholic who quits drinking no longer have alcoholism? For many people with type 2 DM yes it is possible to have blood glucose in the normal range with diet and exercise, even to the point of being able to return to old habits (at least for a while). What this forum is missing is that many people have more advanced disease and have no such hope without medication or insulin. There is no universal and anyone who purports to cure diabetes should face legal consequences. Actually one intervention (gastric bypass) seems to be magic for this independent of actual weight loss. So I'll allow the bariatric surgeons some latitude.
You actually think gastric bypass is a "cure" for type 2 diabetes but not lifestyle and diet changes? To be diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, you need A1C tests to show that you have diabetes. If your A1C tests are continually normal and you're not taking insulin or any other drugs, it's safe to say you're cured of diabetes. Just because you can regress back to having diabetes, doesn't mean anything. Diabetes isn't treated like cancer where cancer survivors are continually never considered "cured" of cancer. Most type 2 diabetics got there from their lifestyle choices and like a lot of things, people don't typically change.