Type 2 diabetes is on the rise and is often caused by over eating or maintaining obesity for an extended period of time. When a person eats, food is broken down into manageable molecules and most food is broken down into sugar that enters the blood and supplies body cells that need energy. Depending upon the amount of sugar or food that enters the bloodstream the pancreas produces enough insulin to transfer that sugar to the cells in the body. When cells are receptive to insulin, they unlock and allow sugar in and use it for energy.
Typically too much food is consumed and can’t be processed. In order to transfer the large amounts of sugar into the bloodstream, the pancreas needs to pump more insulin into the veins. After doing this many times, the pancreas tends to fatigue and not produce as much insulin and sugar ends up staying in the vascular system. The body cells become resistant to accepting excess sugar and instruct the body to keep the sugar in the bloodstream until it’s needed. The cells start to reject the sugar. As more and more food is consumed as a society because it’s easier and more efficient to get food it is tempting and has become normal to over eat and eat more than the body needs on a consistent basis.
A major cause of type 2 diabetes is consistent over eating and maintaining an obese weight over an extended period of time. As a society we are consuming processed foods that break down much quicker than ever before in the history of time resulting in getting sugar a lot faster. And because we are over eating we are getting more fast sugar.
Symptoms that may indicate pre-diabetes or diabetes include frequent urination, extreme thirst, unusual weight loss (30 pounds in a month), because the cells aren’t being fed, extreme hunger, extreme fatigue, irritability, frequent infections, blurred vision, frequent bruising, numbness or tingling in the hands and feet. There are times when a type 2 diagnosis is made without any symptoms. This is usually found with obesity.
Pre-diabetes is a relatively new clinical diagnosis announced in 2002 by the American Diabetes Association. It was formally named “Impaired Glucose Intolerance” to highlight the seriousness of the condition. Pre-diabetes means that there are resistant cells and with motivated treatment, early intervention, and lifestyle adjustments; it can be slowed and I believe reversed. It is diagnosed with a similar test used to diagnose type 2 and may be found during a physical.
You are at risk if you are obese, have a family history of diabetes, or have a direct family relation with type 2. You are going to have those genes that are quick to resist insulin and/or quick to fatigue the pancreas. This doesn’t mean that you will get diabetes just that your pancreas gives up easier than the normal pancreas. If you are obese and have a history of diabetes in the family you are at very high risk of diabetes.
To prevent type 2 diabetes you can join our new program Beyond Type 2. In this program you can eat the same foods you always eat but in a different manner and timing. Timing is all about when you eat something with sugar in it. If you’re going to have cake, it’s better to eat it on a full stomach rather than on an empty stomach. The sugar has to sift through what is already being processed so it doesn’t raise the blood sugar astronomically when it’s eaten on a not hungry stomach.
When you eat cake on an empty stomach, your insulin will rise, your cells will resist and they will feel fatigued because they are not going to have the sugar that they need in the cells because the sugar comes too fast. It’s not no cake, it’s eat your cake a little bit later or eat your cake with your meal. Eat it with protein and fat.
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