Why are carbohydrates the cause of diabetes?
Diabetics are carbohydrate intolerant. Carbs cause the biggest spike in blood sugar and people who develop diabetes (2) have little to no control over their insulin sensitivity in the face of carbs.
In Has carbohydrate-restriction been forgotten as a treatment for diabetes mellitus? Westman and Vernon explain that before the invention of insulin, metformin and all the other anti-diabetes drugs, carbohydrate restriction was the treatment of choice for diabetics. “The dietary recommendation for diabetes in a prominent internal medicine textbook from 1923 was 75% fat, 17% protein, 6% alcohol and only 2% carbohydrate.
The recommended total daily energy intake was 1,795 Calories per day. After the discovery of insulin and oral hypoglycemic medications, experts gradually changed the dietary recommendations to include more carbohydrate intake because most experts reasoned that the medications could be used to keep the glucose in control.”
They go on to say, “Carbohydrate-restriction makes pathophysiological sense because type 2 diabetes is, in essence, a case of carbohydrate intolerance.” Has carbohydrate-restriction been forgotten as a treatment for diabetes mellitus? A perspective on the ACCORD study design
Peter Attia, M.D., estimates that somewhere between 30 and 40% of us, “appear to be quite insulin resistant until nearly the last gram of sugar and most carbohydrates are removed from their diets.” 10-20% “seem resistant to carbohydrates and maintain exquisite insulin sensitivity, almost independent of diet” and the rest of us are somewhere in between. If low carb eating is so effective, why are people still overweight? - Peter Attia
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Diabetics are carbohydrate intolerant. Carbs cause the biggest spike in blood sugar and people who develop diabetes (2) have little to no control over their insulin sensitivity in the face of carbs.
In Has carbohydrate-restriction been forgotten as a treatment for diabetes mellitus? Westman and Vernon explain that before the invention of insulin, metformin and all the other anti-diabetes drugs, carbohydrate restriction was the treatment of choice for diabetics. “The dietary recommendation for diabetes in a prominent internal medicine textbook from 1923 was 75% fat, 17% protein, 6% alcohol and only 2% carbohydrate.
The recommended total daily energy intake was 1,795 Calories per day. After the discovery of insulin and oral hypoglycemic medications, experts gradually changed the dietary recommendations to include more carbohydrate intake because most experts reasoned that the medications could be used to keep the glucose in control.”
They go on to say, “Carbohydrate-restriction makes pathophysiological sense because type 2 diabetes is, in essence, a case of carbohydrate intolerance.” Has carbohydrate-restriction been forgotten as a treatment for diabetes mellitus? A perspective on the ACCORD study design
Peter Attia, M.D., estimates that somewhere between 30 and 40% of us, “appear to be quite insulin resistant until nearly the last gram of sugar and most carbohydrates are removed from their diets.” 10-20% “seem resistant to carbohydrates and maintain exquisite insulin sensitivity, almost independent of diet” and the rest of us are somewhere in between. If low carb eating is so effective, why are people still overweight? - Peter Attia
Learn about managing Diabetes, click here
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