Big Pharma Sells Risky Meds We Don’t Need for Disorders It Made Up That We Don’t Have

[Ms. Toad]

133. Congratulations to your sister!

For many people, weight plays a role. But not for all of us. The old theory was a 10% weight loss could reverse diabetes. In the face of so many for whom a 10% weight loss has made no difference - a few folks are not positing that it may take as much as 15%.

My blood glucose was under control within 3 days of diagnosis - before I had lost any weight. So it is lifestyle, as in what I put i my mouth on a daily basis, but not lifestyle - as in the cumulative effect of what I put in my mouth for years.

I have now lost 60 lbs, 2-3 times the weight loss that is supposed to reverse diabetes, and am "normal" weight. In terms of what I can tolerate eating without elevating my blood glucose - that has not changed. It is still net 20 carbs in any 3 hour period. So - my diabetes is managed, as long as I tightly control what I eat, but it is not in remission. I didn't really expect a weight-related change - since the diabetes that runs in my family hits every single person my age or older who is a descendant of my skinny-as-a-rail grandfather.

(I have managed a small change from diabetic to pre-diabetic, following a different dietary protocol. This change seems to be an actual change rather than dietary management. Unfortunately that protocol had to be interrupted for a few months because it was not compatible with recovering from cancer treatment. I'll try again in 6 months or so, once I'm past the effects of radiation)

But my doctor has a similar response to your sister's nurse practitioner - he put me on 500 mg Metformin, as a stepping stone to 2000 mg/day, and was astounded when my A1C was normal by my 5-month follow-up visit.