Diabetes Diet

[joshuaaviv]

Medication is often not necessary to control diabetes as regular exercise and a diabetic diet is sufficiently effective. There are some diabetics for whom this is not enough and medication is needed. The majority of diabetic medications are taken orally. A diabetic may be prescribed one medication or a combination of different medications to properly control their diabetes. To overcome this diabetics share some suggestions..........
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[Blair]

Joshuaaviv, welcome to the forum
Nice vid.clip. Although I have to say that I don't think "medication is often not necessary" is correct.

[Vytautas]

Hello and welcome joshuaaviv,

pretty interesting video, but as Blair I too disagree with the idea that often medication is not needed<...>.

While it is true that on T2 you can do rather well with just a good diet and exercise it is not always true and completely false for T1. Maybe in countries like america this claim can be taken that the majority of medication is taken oraly, but for example here it is false... In my country Type 1 diabetics far outnumbre Type 2. Haven't really heard much about T2 here anyway...

So all in all a slight adjustment is needed in your wording: "sometimes regular exercise and a diabetic diet is sufficiently effective".

[diabetesdoctor]

Based upon my experience with Type 2 diabetic patients, a PROPER diet & exercise program (customized to the person using meticulous post-meal testing and analysis) can be sufficient, with no need for medication. The reason why diet and exercise fails for some Type 2 diabetics is because they THINK they are eating healthy and they THINK that they are exercising properly.

However, based upon my experience with Type 1 diabetic patients, a proper diet & exercise program (customized to the person using meticulous post-meal testing and analysis) is NOT sufficient. Because of the damage done to the pancreatic beta cells, they will require some medication.

HOWEVER, the biggest mistake made by doctors treating Type 1s that they tell Type 1s that they can eat whatever they want as long as they compensate with enough insulin.

This is just not true -- Type 1s who learn how to eat healthy require much less insulin, but they do require some minimum amount.

Concerning an optimum diet, diabetics should focus on green and bright-colored vegetables as the primary carbohydrate; and, limit the fruits (initially) -- especially the tropical fruits.

Diabetics should also avoid most grains as they tend to fuel the diabetes. For the protein, the focus should be plant-based foods such as beans, nuts, seeds and cold-water fish (especially wild salmon). For the fat, plant oils such as extra virgin olive oil are the best -- but avoid canola oil and clear vegetable oils such as corn oil. For beverages, filtered water, raw vegetable juicing and green/white teas are the best.

One of the BIGGEST mistakes made with a lot of diets is the focus on "low fat". LOW FAT diets have lead to more heart disease and diabetes! "Low" fat is not the key here -- it's the "right" fat that counts! We have become a fat-phobic society, which ironically led to this dramatic increase in obesity, diabetes, and heart disease.

p.s. The "best diet" is a combination of the Mediterranean and Asian diets, but it must be customized based upon your post-meal blood glucose readings.

Sincerely,

Doc