What does work in diabetes treatment

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Im my recent posts I was hard on the magic food book. What then does the

last 10 years of research show works for best treatment?

1. lose weight. This is the very biggest bang for effort a diabetic can

do. Less fat means less insulin to remove glucose from the blood. Fat

cells produce hormones which promote diabetic problems including insulin

resistance.

2. Eat to your meter, eat those foods which allow reaching a post meal

glucose level. And an a1c which results from that goal. An under 6 is

suggested.

3. Exercise on a regular basis. It has only a little effect on weight loss

but has a large effect on preparing the cells of the body to use insulin

and reverse insulin resistance. When doing moderate to hard exercise

muscle cells don't even need insulin to remove glucose from the blood.

Fat and other tissue cells do.

4. Avoid saturated fats because they are implicated in beta cell failure

and insulin resistance. The culprets are known, mostly red meats and deli

type processed meats and meat with a high fat content. For cooking and

adding fats to food replace them with mono unsaturated fats. Olive oil is

among the very best, canaola is ok but most other plant based oils are not

for other reasons. Fish oils and fatty fish contain fats which help with

some of the health problems most diabetics face.

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