Atkins was right

On Tue, 13 Apr 2004 15:34:01 +1200, "Supergoof"
wrote:

"Sleepyman" wrote ...
"Supergoof" wrote:

If obesity led directly to diabetes, then all obese people should be
diabetic, and there should be no skinny diabetics. Any doc who says
obesity causes diabetes, is wrong. If anything the opposite may be
true. Many think that insulin resistance in a diabetic, is what causes
weight gain.

Thanks.
I guess I'm lucky in that my doc said as much to me - when she told me about
the IR and how it made my body exceptionally good at gaining and keeping
weight, I joked "so you mean I'm not fat because I eat to much and don't
exercise?" She deadpanned "most people aren't."

In the case of most people with normal metabolism, and no diseases, I
disagree wholeheartedly with your doc.

The standards for being Dx'd diabetes, have changed radically in the
last few years. Thus many would not have been Dx'd a few years ago,
now are. Thus more diabetics.

Why have the standards changed? Is it pressure from the drug companies
selling diabetes meds (my cynical side likes to believe this).

Actually, the insurance companies save money with a lower threshold
for a diabetes dx. The earlier it is caught the more likely it can be
controlled with D&E, and complications have not set in. So in the long
run, the earlier the dx the better for all. Of course this is assuming
that the diabetic actually does make the minor life style changes need
to control the disease. Unfortunately, this is often not the case.


Insulin resistance is a warning. It is not a diagnoses on it's own
however. We are also seeing a rise in Diabetes diagnoses, because many
pre-disposed people in fact *are* eating a more dangerous diet.

When you think about it, so many 'low fat' products contain higher sugars
than the regular variety of the same food, so while trying to be healthier
people are actually eating more sugar than ever before.

True. When I was first dx'd, I was sent to nutrition classes where
they try to sell the higher carb, lower fat ADA style diet, complete
with the food pyramid. I didn't buy it. In fact when I told the
dietician that full fat milk had less carb than fat free or skim milk,
she didn't believe me. And people wonder why I rip dieticians so much!

No wonder people don't know who to believe any more.

cheers
Rachel
(New Zealand)

Sleepy

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