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Life Sciences => Physiology & Medicine => Topic started by: philthewineguy on 26/11/2021 10:11:45
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why would a weight loss programme be expected to reduce blood glucose levels in type 2 diabetes?
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T'other way around. Reducing starch and sugar intake results in weight loss because the body has to burn fat instead.
Glucose In, Glucose Out, to paraphrase a saying from the early days of computing (nowadays it's Policy In, Garbage Out). So less glucose in, less ends up in the bloodstream.
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Or , according to science, rather than Alan...
https://www.nature.com/articles/nature05482
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So the science agrees with me. Reduce starch and sugar intake -> reduce adipose tissue -> reduce insulin resistance -> reduce blood glucose! Just as well I read the book,then.
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reduce insulin resistance -
That's the important bit which wasn't in your "explanation" and which actually explains the fact that losing weight improves glucose control.
On the other hand, the OP talks about a weight loss programme
which might mean getting more exercise or reducing fact consumption, yet you somehow read it as
Reducing starch and sugar intake