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by nradov
1215 days ago
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Type 2 diabetes is fundamentally caused by eating too much of carbohydrates. Most type 2 diabetics can put the condition into remission by changing their diet. https://www.virtahealth.com/research There are many people who have cured their obesity with a little bookkeeping and self control. Sue Reynolds and David Goggins are a couple of prominent examples, but there are many others. It's not easy, but it's certainly possible. https://suereynolds.net/book/
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Fructose, specifically, is the going theory. And I'm a big fan of Virtahealth specifically, and Dr. Fung's approach for treating type 2 diabetes generally. :)
However, I'd disagree that we know that that's what causes it. We know that treats it. Cancer is not caused by a lack of chemotherapy, and I think chemotherapy is a good analogy for the fasting and low carb approach in this situation. It is a treatment, not a generally normative lifestyle.
But my point is actually more limited, and you actually sort of made it for me by adding the detail about carbohydrates. To wit: just because sugar requires energy, does not mean that you got too much sugar by bringing in too much energy. It's not that simple. You won't get the disease by eating too much protein, for example (you'll get protein poisoning ;) ). You get the disease as a result of liver dysfunction, which you exacerbate and possibly cause by eating too much fructose. It's a control mechanism problem and an injury problem -- the fact that energy is involved (even required!) does not make that the central issue.
Cancer requires energy for growth, but that doesn't make energy the central problem. Blood sugar requires energy for dysregulated high levels, but that doesn't make energy the central problem. Fat requires energy for dysregulated growth, but that doesn't make energy the central problem. That's something you have to demonstrate, and rigorous attempts to demonstrate it fail.
> There are many people who have cured their obesity with a little bookkeeping and self control ... David Goggins
Citing David Goggins as an example of "a little bookkeeping and self control" is hilarious to me. I've read his book. I love his talks. But the guy is about as heroic and extreme as it is possible to get, and that is far from the only thing he did.