article from Dr. Mercado:Obesity Does Not Protect Diabetics

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FYI, just passing along:

Obesity Does Not Protect Diabetics

This week, a study showed that people who have normal

weight at the time of their diagnosis of diabetes are twice as

likely to die over the next 10 to 30 years as those who are

overweight at the time of diagnosis (Journal of the American

Medical Association. August 8, 2012). THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT

OBESITY PROTECTS DIABETICS FROM DEATH. It means that if you are

thin when you develop diabetes, you have a type of diabetes that

is more likely to kill you.

THE MOST COMMON CAUSE OF DIABETES: Type II diabetes is most

commonly caused by inability of your cells to respond to insulin.

When blood sugar levels rise too high, your pancreas releases

large amounts of insulin. Insulin then attaches on insulin

receptors, special hooks on the outer membranes of cells. Then it

drives sugar into cells. ANYTHING THAT PREVENTS INSULIN FROM

ATTACHING TO ITS RECEPTORS CAN CAUSE DIABETES. If insulin cannot

attach to its receptors, it cannot drive sugar into cells. This

causes blood sugar levels to rise too high, and sugar attaches to

the outer membranes of cells. Sugar attached to cell membranes is

eventually converted to sorbitol which destroys the cells. This

cell destruction is what causes all of the known side effects of

diabetes. FULL FAT CELLS BLOCK INSULIN RECEPTORS. Fat inside

cells prevents insulin from attaching to its receptors, so having

extra fat in your body causes diabetes.

STORING FAT PRIMARILY IN YOUR BELLY IS A SIGN OF DIABETES.

Insulin causes fat to be stored in the belly, so almost all people

with big bellies and small buttocks have high insulin levels

because their cells cannot respond to insulin, and the pancreas

responds by producing excessive amounts of insulin. Most people

who store a lot of fat in their bellies and have small buttocks

already have diabetes or are pre-diabetic.

LACK OF MUSCLES CAN CAUSE DIABETES: Muscles help to prevent

blood sugar levels from rising too high and damaging the cells in

your body. Resting muscles are inactive and draw no sugar from

the bloodstream. On the other hand, contracting muscles actively

remove sugar from the bloodstream and don't even need insulin to

do this.

WHY ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE FAT WHEN THEY ARE DIAGNOSED EASY TO

CURE? Virtually all people who are fat when they develop diabetes

can cure their diabetes by losing weight. When they empty their

muscle, liver and fat cells of fat, these cells can once again

respond to insulin. Blood sugar levels drop and the person is no

longer diabetic.

WHY ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT FAT WHEN THEY ARE DIAGNOSED WITH

DIABETES MORE DIFFICULT TO CURE? More than 90 percent of

diabetics are overweight. Thin people who develop diabetes do not

have full fat cells. They are diabetic because:

* Their pancreas does not make enough insulin. We have drugs to

make the pancreas put out more insulin, but we do not have drugs

to permanently make the pancreas produce normal amounts of

insulin.

* Their muscles are so small that they do not remove sugar from

the bloodstream adequately. Lifting weights would help, but

growing large muscles is beyond the motivation of most people with

small muscles. It takes a lot of consistent painful resistance

exercise to grow larger muscles.

* They may have other hormone abnormalities that are far more

difficult to treat.

WHAT SHOULD YOU DO IF YOU ARE DIAGNOSED WITH DIABETES,

STORE FAT PRIMARILY IN YOUR BELLY, HAVE VERY SMALL BUTTOCKS,

HAVE A FASTING BLOOD SUGAR LEVEL ABOVE 100, OR HAVE AN HBA1C

ABOVE 5.7?

* Immediately try to lose fat by eating less and exercising more

* Start a supervised exercise program and try to exercise every

day

* Start a supervised weight lifting program to grow larger muscles

* Avoid all sugared drinks except when you exercise

* Avoid all sugar-added foods

* Avoid red meat (saturated fat from animals blocks insulin

receptors)

* Eat large amounts of vegetables and fruits

* Get your blood levels of hydroxy-vitamin D above 75 nmol/L

'All that I have seen teaches me to trust God for all I have not seen.'

~Sugar