Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Do People with Type 2 Always Deteriorate?

I came across an interesting website about the myths of Diabetes...
Do People with Type 2 Always Deteriorate?

The single most dangerous idea you are likely to encounter as you begin your struggle to live a healthy life with diabetes is the belief that science has proven, beyond a doubt, that no matter what you do, your Type 2 Diabetes will get worse.
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UKPDS "Proved" People with Good Control Deteriorate
Doctors will also tell you that a large-scale study, the UKPDS (United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study) proved that even with good control patients with Type 2 diabetes inevitably deteriorated over time.

The UKPDS, they'll tell you, found that the A1c test results of patients with good control gradually worsened every year. Not only that, but many doctors also believe that UKPDS really showed that good control can only make a small difference in the rate of complications, and that as a result lots of people with good control still get complications.
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Abandon Hope All Ye Who Enter Here?
If Dr.Taylor is right, it would make sense to take a fatalistic attitude towards your diabetes. If a diagnosis of diabetes sentences you to a life haunted by nasty complications and premature death why put yourself through all the miseries of a life-long diet and the struggle to watch what you eat every day? If there is nothing you can do, it is rational behavior to shift your energy elsewhere and enjoy life--including the foods you love--while you can.
But it is not true. Doctor Taylor and his peers have missed one extremely important point in considering the UKPDS data.
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The Key is the Strategy Known as "Eating to Your Meter"
The way that people with type 2 diabetes are able to reach truly good control is described here:

How to Get Your Blood Sugar Under Control.

This strategy is simple. You use your blood sugar meter to test your blood after every meal and eliminate from your diet the foods that raise your blood sugar over 140 mg/dl at one hour and 120 mg/dl at 2 hours.
That is what I did and I was about to get my BG under control... eat to your meter! Learn what you can and cannot eat and how much you can eat.

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